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Conner Becker

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Conner covers high school sports and more for the Journal-World.

Dye brothers standing out among KU safeties

Filling a vacancy left by veteran safety Kenny Logan is atop Kansas defensive coordinator Brian Borland’s to-do list as spring practices stretched into the weekend. Meeting with reporters after Saturday’s practices, Borland pointed to several names “starting to step up a little bit” ...

2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: KU will open tournament against Samford Bulldogs

Late-season woes and all, Kansas lived up to the experts’ No. 4 seed projection when the NCAA tournament picture revealed No. 13 seed Samford as the Jayhawks’ first-round opponent in the Midwest Region bracket on Thursday. The game will take place at 8:55 p.m. Central Time at the Delta ...

Two-RBI double sends Jayhawks past Creighton in six-inning home opener

A two-RBI double by freshman Anna Soles was as fitting of an ending as Kansas softball could’ve asked for in an 8-0 six-inning romp over Creighton in Tuesday’s home opener at Arrocha Ballpark. Seventh-year KU coach Jennifer McFalls had been sensing the first-year utility player’s ...

Bowl preview: Three lingering questions about the UNLV Rebels

A 15-year drought without a bowl win got one step closer to becoming history when Kansas drew its date with UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26. It was Tempe that served as the backdrop for the Jayhawks’ last bowl victory, a 42-21 rout over Minnesota in the 2008 Insight ...