Jayhawks' Youth Fueled NCAA Tournament Confidence
Kansas, No. 12 in the NCAA, starts three freshmen and two sophomores as they chase a deep run, having won 15 of 16, avenging a two‑month loss with a Big 12 title. Coach Bill Self says the young core stays loose and focused as they prepare to face Bradley in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Bill Self
Kansas
Jayhawks
Texas
Self
Bradley
Oakland
Colby Trojans sweep Gardens City CC in baseball doubleheader
Colby Trojans blanked Garden City Community College then won 8-2 in the opener and 9-2 in the nightcap at Williams Stadium. Colby moves to 6-0 in Jayhawk West play and 13-9 overall while Garden City drops to 1-3 in conference home games. Busters starter and defense struggled early as Colby pushed four runs in the second, with key hits from Marshall MacDonald and Royle Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
Colby Trojans
Williams Stadium
Jayhawk
Gardens City Community College
Broacbusters
City
Andy Preston
Joe Servais
Busters
Servais
Adam Skelton
GCCC
Marshall MacDonald
Cory Raczykowski
Paul Roh
Royle Beach
Raczykowski
Brian Gorges
Byron Whitford
Garden City Community College
Jason Russell
Jason Chatwood
Russell
Clarissa Valenzuela
Kevyn Hartgrove
Cougars
RBI
Barton
Young
Garden City
Mandy Rutledge
McDonald
Brown
Hutchinson
Busters head to Arizona for southwest tour of top teams
Garden City Community College Busters leave Jayhawk Conference play for a three day Yavapai Tournament in Prescott Arizona opening Thursday against Lamar Colo. They will face six to seven quality teams then stay in Arizona to play South Mountain Cochise and Phoenix March 22 to 24. Afterward they return to host Jayhawk West foe Butler March 26 in a doubleheader. Coach Finnegan says the trip tests the team against strong competition. National signing day for football began Feb 1 with J J Eckert and staff pursuing Kansas athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broacbuster
Jayhawk
Southwest
Busters
Prescott
Ariz
Lamar
Colo
Garden City
GCCC
Chris Finnegan
Hutchinson
Seward
Barton
Arizona
Phoenix
South Mountain
Cochese
Joe Butler
GCCC earns trio on All-WAC first team honors
Garden City Community College earns three first team All-WAC selections as Drew Jones Lataish Brown and Caitlin Smith receive nods. Jones averaged 13.1 points per game with 39 percent from three. Brown added 9.3 points and was second on the Lady Buffs with 76 Lee Hoops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Buffaloes
Drew Jones
Lataish Brown
Caitlin Smith
Lady Buffs
Jones
Buffs
Brown
Jayhawk Conference rejects three athlete compensation bylaws
Jayhawk Conference officials fail three bylaws to expand student athlete help. Colby Colby Barton Coffeyville and Highland vote in favor on one, while 12 others oppose. Allen County president mocks parity while leaders warn changes risk national title chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayhawk
Carl Adams
Colby
Barton
Cowley Community Colleges
Coffeyville Community College
Cloud
Coffeyville
Cowley
Allen County
John Masterson
Stephen Maier
Barton County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mario Chalmers
Dallas
Chalmers
Home
Mike Kessinger
Nikessinger
Gctelegram
Garden
Eckert
J.J Eckert
GCC
WAC
GCHS
Smith
Joey Sprinkle
Lee Hoops
Telegram Sports
Great Bend
Tahnie Young
Rosamar Gonzalez
Katy Lauder
Kim Lyons
Ashley McDonald
Ashley Arbon
Gennifer Brown
Brad Nading
Garden City High School
Eric Garcia
Ulysses
Tigers
the Garden
Young and Burdick
Gonzalez
L — Young
Lyons
Rutledge and
Wilcox
Wood
Watson
W — Wood
L — Rutledge
So — Gonzalez
Wichita
Kansas Jayhawk Community College
Richard K. Burke
Dodge City Community College
Colby Community College
Highland
Ly Win
Maier
Wyoming
Jacqueline Vietti
Butler Community College
Masterson
Pat McAfee
Cowley College