3 years ago
OTTAWA – At first glance it appeared to another sensational yet routine game for Amanda Hill (SR/Rossville, Kan.) – 23 points and eight rebounds in the Kansas Wesleyan women's 83-75 Kansas Conference victory over Ottawa on Saturday.   This night and this game inside Wilson Field House, though, were different. Wholly different. Historically different.   Hill's 3-point field goal from the right ...

3 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 7/7 Kansas (16-2, 5-1) returns home to host No. 18/19 Texas Tech (15-4 (5-2) in a Big 12 battle on ESPN Big Monday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. (CT). At 5-1, Kansas sits atop the Big 12 standings after its 78-75 come-from-behind win at Kansas State, Jan. 22, in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. ...

3 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Despite trailing by 16 at halftime, No. 7 Kansas marched back behind a last-second Ochai Agbaji lay-in to take down the Kansas State Wildcats in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown, 78-75, inside Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday. Kansas improves to 16-2 (5-1) this season and were led by Agbaji, who scored a team-high 29 points on ...

3 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – No. 7/7 Kansas scored the last 9 points to complete its rally from a 17-point deficit, as the Jayhawks earned a 78-75 victory over Kansas State in the 296th edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday afternoon before a season-best crowd of 9,737 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. Senior Ochai Agbaji scored the game’s last 6 points ...

3 years ago
Girls: South 41, Buhler 21 It was a defensive struggle from start to finish, but the South girls made enough shots to pull away early and coast to their third win of the season, and the second against the Crusaders. Elena Herbel splashed home two first quarter threes to help South go in front. After an early ...

3 years ago
GIRLS: 5A #2 Salina Central 63, Concordia 17 In the Semifinal round of the 43rd Annual Salina Invitational Tournament, the Salina Central girls dominated the Concordia Panthers 63-17 behind 19 points from Aubrie Kierscht and 12 from Mykayla Cunningham. Concordia scored the first two points of the game, but from there Salina Central would score the next ...

3 years ago
It was the Eli Lawson show Friday night as the Bulldogs of Bennington downed the Cardinals of Ell-Saline 68-53.  The game was part of the Moundridge mid-season tournament. Bennington’s super sophomore 6-6 Lawson scored 37 points, had numerous rebounds and blocked shots and altered many Cardinal shots when Ell-Saline got the ball into the paint.  He ...

3 years ago
Both teams playing for 5th place in the final day of the Sterling invitational saw the Smoky Valley Girls come away with a 41-35 win, but the boys suffer a 2nd last second loss of the tournament 46-47. In the girls game the Vikings got an early lead on Kingman only to see them rally and ...

3 years ago
Bob Roberts visits with KDWP research fisheries biologist Jeff Koch about possible changes to the Crappie creel and length limits at Kansas lakes.  There seems to  be a more conservative approach to creel limits which are 50 fish a day for Crappies at many lakes.  Some lakes are now 20 Crappies a day and there ...

3 years ago
Day 1 Results: Lawrence Free State 73, Wichita-Bishop Carroll 34 McPherson 51, Derby 48 Lenexa-St. James Academy 68, Wichita North 31 Topeka Seaman 63, Overland Park-Blue Valley 55 Day 2 Schedule: 3:00 PM - Wichita North vs. Overland Park-Blue Valley (Consolation Bracket) 4: 45 PM - Wichita-Bishop Carroll vs. Derby (Consolation Bracket) 6:30 PM - Lenexa-St. James Academy vs. Topeka Seaman (Championship Bracket) 8:15 ...

3 years ago
Hendrik Dusterwald had 16 kills and Westcliff hit at a .264 percentage as the Warriors defeated Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-19) in a non-conference men's volleyball match Thursday night inside Mabee Arena.   The loss drops the Coyotes to 0-3 on the season while Westcliff, which is located in Irvine, Calif., improves to 2-3.   Wesleyan struggled with ...