The only No. 1 team in the area started the 2019-20 campaign off with a win. Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team pushed past St. Marys for a 68-62 road win Friday night. Joao Carlos Ramirez started off his sophomore campaign with 28 points to lead the way for the Seahawks. Stavian Jones ...
The 2019 girls basketball season begins today with multiple area teams taking the court. Last season, a pair of area teams qualified for the state tournament and many individuals had successful seasons as well. This year should be just as intriguing with interesting storylines to monitor ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown, Juan Thornhill returned a pick 46 yards for another score, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the bumbling Oakland Raiders 40-9 on Sunday to seize control of the AFC West. LeSean McCoy and Darwin Thompson also had ...
Hutchinson — The Class 3A state championship game couldn’t have started any worse on Saturday for Perry-Lecompton. But overcoming early adversity is nothing new for the Kaws. Playing in its second state-championship game in school history, against established power Andale, Perry-Lecompton ...
Perry-Lecompton will be competing in its first state championship game in 11 years this afternoon. Entering the season, the goal for every football team is to be playing on the final weekend of the year. It is not always realistic, especially given how loaded Class 3A was this year. But the ...
Perry-Lecompton junior Dawson Williams has been stopped by everybody within the community this week. Ever since Perry-Lecompton defeated Hayden in the semifinals, that has been the case for a lot of players. The community is buzzing with excitement, as the Kaws are playing in the state ...
It all changed for Perry-Lecompton quarterback William Welch following an 8-3 loss to Jefferson West on Oct. 11. The junior quarterback threw two interceptions and completed 11 of 23 passes for 90 yards, which made Welch take a hard look in the mirror. It wasn’t the start to the year that ...
It didn’t end the way the Jayhawks had hoped, but 2019 will always be a special season for the Kansas women’s soccer program. No. 11 Kansas surrendered a pair of second-half goals in a 2-0 defeat at No. 5 South Carolina during the Sweet 16. KU’s season came to an end at 17-5-3, which was ...
A couple of hours before today’s 1 p.m. Sweet 16 matchup with fifth-ranked and second-seeded South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., the third-seeded Kansas soccer team will put its faith in the shuffling skills of junior defender Isabella Cavalcante. Cavalcante, who hails from Glenbard West High ...
Perry — As Hayden senior quarterback Cade Pavlik’s final pass sailed past his receiver in the end zone, celebration erupted from the Perry-Lecompton defense. “Our kids, they hung in there, they fought back and I’m tickled to death for them,” Perry-Lecompton coach Mike Paramore said. ...
The third-seeded Kansas women’s soccer team is still alive and on the brink of history. Powered by a hat trick off the strong right foot of senior forward Katie McClure, the Jayhawks knocked off Xavier, 3-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon in Columbia, S.C. ...
After suffering a concussion in the third quarter, Perry-Lecompton junior quarterback William Welch was listening intently from the locker room during a regular-season meeting with Hayden on Oct. 18. Once he heard the PA announcer say something about Hayden suffering its first district loss, ...
Kansas goalkeeper Sarah Peters has made 75 saves during a sensational sophomore season. Yet one stop in Big 12 play perfectly illustrated the growth she has made in just one year. Peters started all 21 matches as a freshman in 2018, but she was still pulled on penalty kicks. After a commitment ...
Five Haskell Indian Nations University volleyball players earned individual honors this season, and several cross-country runners have been recognized, as well. On the volleyball team, senior Cailey Lujan was voted first team All-Conference by the Association of Independent Institutions. She ...
Kansas’ women’s soccer team has been on a roll in recent weeks. The Jayhawks won their first Big 12 tournament title two weeks ago. They kicked off their NCAA Tournament appearance with a Round 1 victory over Iowa last weekend at Rock Chalk Park. Last Friday night, the team was greeted ...
Jason Thoren and the Baker football program did not miss a beat during Thoren’s first season in charge of the Wildcats program. The former Lawrence High and Kansas football standout this week was named the Heart of American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after leading BU to a 9-2 ...
Mexico City — Daniel Sorensen picked off Philip Rivers’ fourth interception at the goal line with 18 seconds to play, and the Kansas City Chiefs stayed on top of the AFC West with a 24-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night at Azteca Stadium. Patrick Mahomes passed for ...
There’s been a steady momentum building around Kansas soccer over the last 10 matches, especially given the start to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. KU defeated — or what may better be described as outlasted — Iowa 1-0 in the first round Saturday night at Rock Chalk Park. The Jayhawks will ...
It took almost 70 minutes for Kansas soccer to break through, but a quick strike inside the box from sophomore Kailey Lane proved to be the difference between keeping a season alive and going home early. And with that lone goal, KU escaped with a 1-0 victory over Iowa in the first round of ...
Coming off the first Big 12 Championship title in school history, there’s a growing confidence among Kansas soccer coaches and players heading into the NCAA Tournament. And while the Jayhawks’ play has continued to improve down the stretch this season and wins stack up, senior forward ...