8 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Fifty-two points in the paint, 20 of which came from sophomore center Udoka Azubuike, muscled No. 6/6 Kansas past the Texas Longhorns, 80-70, Monday night in the regular-season home finale. Jayhawk seniors Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and Devonte' Graham combined for 27 points in their final appearances in Allen Fieldhouse to help the Jayhawks ...

8 years ago
Arnold Schmidtberger and his Sacred Heart girls' team knew that they would have to play one of their best games of the season if they wanted to win Monday night's first-round substate game on the road at Smith Center. The seven-seeded Knights played solid basketball for all but eight minutes. Unfortunately, it was the third eight ...

8 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals laced 'em up for the final time for the 2017-2018 girls' basketball season, falling on the road to Valley Heights Monday evening 67-43. Coming in as the eighth-seeded squad in the eight-team Belleville 2A Sub-State field, Ell-Saline (2-19) faced a tall order in tangling with the top-seeded Mustangs. Valley Heights (16-5) certainly had an ...

8 years ago
Southeast of Saline Junior Nick Montgomery hit two free throws with 28 seconds left to give the Trojans the 51-50 victory over Minneapolis in the first round of Sub-State. Minneapolis led by seven with 2:30 minutes remaining, but Southeast close the game on an 8-0 run to advance to the semifinals held at Minneapolis on Thursday. The ...

8 years ago
The Salina Saints finished the 2017 - 2018 regular season the the same way they started... With a Win.  The Saints finished the season undefeated just like last year.  The Saints spent the last half of the season mostly on the road. KC really didn't put up much of a fight, and despite being short handed ...

8 years ago
LUBBOCK, Texas – Senior guard Devonte' Graham netted 18 points in the final 14 minutes of regulation to lift the No. 8/8 Jayhawks to a 74-72 victory over the No. 6/7 Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday afternoon inside United Supermarkets Arena. The win clinched Kansas its 14th-straight Big 12 regular-season championship, an NCAA record. The win, ...

8 years ago
DALLAS – Markis McDuffie matched his career-high with 26 points and Shaquille Morris added 21 to help No. 13/12 Wichita State wear down SMU, 84-78, Saturday afternoon. The Shockers (23-5, 13-3 American) extended their winning streak to six games. They can guarantee a share of the conference regular season title by winning their last two games ...

8 years ago
The basketball season is coming to a close. As is the Coaches Corner, live from Russell’s Restaurant every Saturday from 8 to 9 am. Join 11 different high school basketball coaches from the area as they recap the week’s action. Girls basketball coaches on show: Salina Central’s Chris Fear, Salina South’s Ryan Stuart, Sacred Heart’s Arnold Schmidtberger, Southeast ...

8 years ago
Check back for up-to-the-minute results. Class 5A at Hartman Arena Salina South 113 - Caleb Copeland Champ. Round 1 - Justin Williams (OP-Blue Valley Southwest) 36-7 won by decision over Caleb Copeland (Salina-South) 20-16 (Dec 5-2) Cons. Round 1 - Caleb Copeland (Salina-South) 21-16 won by tech fall over Kyle Adams (Topeka-Seaman) 3-7 (TF-1.5 4:51 (17-2)) Cons. Round ...

8 years ago
The Salina South boys' basketball team hung around for three-plus quarters on Friday night, however, the Maize Eagles proved to be too much as they dominated the fourth quarter on their way to a 64-47 victory, closing out both team's regular season campaign. South would start the night well on both ends of the floor. Maize ...

8 years ago
Salina Central boys basketball coach Doug Finch issued a challenge to his squad last week. The Mustangs answered with a dominating performance. Central scored the first 13 points of the game, junior Mark Grammer finished one point shy of a career-high, and the Mustangs sprinted past the Newton Railers 63-42. The Mustangs closed out the year with ...