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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas super-senior center Taiyanna Jackson has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2024 Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year award. This is the second-consecutive year that Jackson has been a semifinalist for the award. The semifinalists were announced on Monday by the Naismith Awards.   The award, which has been presented since ...

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2023-2024 NCAA Girls Basketball Standings NCAA                                    Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Beloit                    8              2                              15           6 SE of Saline         8              2                              15           6 Minneapolis       7              3                              16           6 Sacred Heart      5              5                              15           7 Ellsworth             2              8                              11           12 Republic Cty       0              10                           0              21 2023-2024 NCAA Boys Basketball Standings NCAA                                    Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Beloit                    10           0                              24           2 Sacred Heart      7              3                              21           5 Ellsworth             7              3                              19           5 SE of Saline         4              6                              16           10 Minneapolis       2              8                              4              17 Republic Cty       0              10                           1              20 Wednesday, March 6 Southeast of Saline 54, Cheney 51 Beloit 58, Topeka Hayden 42 Wellsville 48, Ellsworth 38 Thursday, March 7 Sacred Heart 74, Erie 35 Friday, March 8 Lyndon 63, Sacred Heart 56 Wellsville 68, Beloit 49 Goodland 55, SE of Saline 38 Saturday, March 9 Beloit 51, SE ...

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2023-2024 Heart of America Girls Basketball Standings HOA                                      Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Moundridge       9              0                              19           4 Berean Acad.      8              1                              16           6 Inman                  7              2                              15           7 Bennington        5              4                              12           10 Remington          5              4                              13           10 Ell-Saline              4              5                              11           10 Sterling                 4              5                              7              14 Marion                 3              6                              7              14 H. Trinity              1              8                              3              18 Sedgwick             0              9                              2              19 2023-2024 Heart of America Boys Basketball Standings HOA                                      Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Moundridge       8              1                              22           3 Sterling                 8              1                              22           4 Bennington        8              1                              18           5 Ell-Saline              6              3                              18           5 H. Trinity              4              5                              9              12 Remington          4              5                              12           11 Berean Acad.      3              6                              9              12 Marion                 2              7                              8              13 Sedgwick             2              7                              5              16 Inman                  0              9                              7              14 Thursday, March 7 Moundridge 55, Jeff County North 37 Sterling 57, Plainville 43 Friday, March 8 Moundridge 56, Sterling 45 Saturday, March 9 Sacred Heart 58, Sterling 51 Moundridge 58, Lyndon 44 By CHRISTIAN D ORR Kansas Preps Weekly The 2023-24 high school winter sports season across the state ...

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2023-2024 NCKL Girls Basketball Standings NCKL                                     Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Clay Center         7              3                              13           9 Concordia            7              3                              13           9 Marysville           6              4                              9              12 Wamego              6              4                              15           6 Chapman             4              6                              7              14 Abilene                0              10                           0              20   2022-2023 NCKL Boys Basketball Standings NCKL                                     Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Abilene                10           0                              19           4 Concordia            7              3                              14           8 Clay Center         5              5                              10           11 Wamego              3              7                              6              15 Marysville           3              7                              10           11 Chapman             2              8                              8              13 Thursday, March 7 Hugoton 53, Abilene 41 By CHRISTIAN D ORR Kansas Preps Weekly The 2023-24 high school winter sports season across the state of Kansas is complete. The North Central Kansas League had one of its 12 teams advance to the final week, but not to the final ...

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2023-2024 Ark Valley Chisholm Trail II Girls Basketball Standings AVCT                                     Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Andover              12           0                              24           1 Andover Cent.   7              5                              9              12 Salina Central     7              5                              9              12 Valley Center     6              6                              13           9 Goddard              5              7                              9              12 Arkansas City     3              9                              8              13 Eisenhower        2              10                           6              15 Thursday, March 7 Andover 65, Blue Valley Southwest 42 Friday, March 8 Topeka Seaman 49, Andover 45 Saturday March 9 Andover 66, Emporia 49   2023-2024 Ark Valley Chisholm Trail II Boys Basketball Standings AVCT                                     Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Andover              11           1                              19           4 Andover Cent.   10           2                              13           9 Goddard              8              4                              13           9 Eisenhower        7              5                              8              13 Salina Central     3              9                              6              15 Arkansas City     2              10                           6              15 Valley Center     1              11                           4              17 Wednesday, March 6 Highland Park 57, Andover 32 By CHRISTIAN D ORR Kansas Preps Weekly Andover High ...

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2023-24 Ark Valley Chisholm Trail I Girls Basketball Standings AVCT                                     Overall Team                     W           L                              W           L Maize South       11           1                              23           2 Derby                    11           1                              20           5 Salina South       7              5                              11           10 Hutchinson         7              5                              12           10 Maize                    4              8                              7              14 Newton                2              10                           3              17 Campus                0              12                           0              20 Wednesday, March 6 Derby 48, Shawnee Mission Northwest 47 Thursday, March 7 Maize South 56, St. Thomas Aquinas 52 OT Friday, March 8 Washburn Rural 69, Derby 62 OT Maize South 55, Emporia 47 Saturday, March 9 Blue Valley North 72, Derby 56 Topeka Seaman 54, Maize South 41 2023-24 Ark Valley Chisholm Trail I ...

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Salina South and Salina Central's Girls Basketball Teams each saw multiple athletes honored by the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League for their accomplishments on the basketball court this season. Salina South was headlined by AVCTL-I Defensive Player of the Year, Junior Tamia Cheeks.   ALL-AVCTL-I HONOREES Defensive Player of the Year - Tamia Cheeks Second Team - Tamia Cheeks Second Team ...

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Six local female athletes earned All-Heart of America league honors on the basketball court. Rori Miles earned First Team honors for Bennington. Brin Hecker received Second Team honors for Ell-Saline. View the full All-HOA Girls selections below.

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In Houston's first season as a Big 12 member, Jamal Shead was named both Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year while Kelvin Sampson was selected Coach of the Year to highlight the 2023-24 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men's basketball awards, chosen by the head coaches. In the other individual awards, Kansas' ...

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In its first season of Conference membership, Houston has captured the 2023-24 Big 12 men's basketball regular season title and earned the top seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship March 12-16 in Kansas City's T-Mobile Center.The No. 1-nationally-ranked Cougars won the regular season by two games, finishing at 15-3. Heading into ...

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Bill Neale was not the least bit upset when his Kansas Wesleyan baseball team poured water on him Saturday."They almost apologized for throwing water on me but anytime you get water thrown on you it's a good thing," Neale said shortly after the Coyotes completed a Kansas Conference doubleheader sweep of McPherson 14-2 and 6-3 at ...