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Kansas wins Big 12 opener over Baylor behind Dominic Voegele’s gem

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March 14, 2025

Kansas wins Big 12 opener over Baylor behind Dominic Voegele’s gem

Kansas opened Big 12 play with a 9-1 win over Baylor on a blustery Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark. Dominic Voegele shut down Baylor throughout the night, and the Jayhawks had a pair of big innings to open up the game.

Voegele retired the first 10 batters he faced, getting off to a much stronger start than his last time around. Against Milwaukee, he surrendered three runs in a 39-pitch first inning. It took Voegele three innings to get to 40 pitches against Baylor, striking out four in his first three innings with command of all his pitches.

“Just executing pitches, throwing it wherever I want to,” Voegele said of the biggest difference from his last start. “I had all four pitches working today rather than last weekend, probably didn’t have all four working as well as they should be.”

Baylor scratched just one run across against Voegele, an unearned one via a throwing error in the sixth. Despite sitting at 96 pitches, Voegele came back out for the seventh and retired the Bears in order. The Preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year played the part on Friday, capping off his night at 7.0 innings, allowing three hits and striking out six.

“100 [pitches] is this just kind of mythical number that somebody put on years ago, and Brandon [Scott] and I look way more at where’s the stuff trending,” Dan Fitzgerald said postgame. “His stuff was trending up.”

Kansas got to Baylor starter Ethan Calder early, who had done a tremendous job for the Bears early this season. Sawyer Smith got the scoring started with an RBI groundout.

Ian Francis made it 3-0 with a mammoth home run over the left-field fence. Francis has caught fire to provide the Jayhawks with great offensive production behind the plate, going 7/13 with seven RBI in his last three starts heading into Friday’s game. The Youngstown State transfer went 2/2 with two extra-base hits and also walked twice against the Bears.

“He’s really turned himself into a plus offensive player,” Fitzgerald said. “That ball was absolutely hammered that he hit and, you know, just was ready for it and executed… He’s a great worker and a great teammate and guys like that usually get rewarded.”

After adding a run in the fourth, Kansas broke the game open with three more runs in the fifth. The Jayhawks chased Calder from the game after he opened the inning by hitting Brady Ballinger, and the bats instantly got to reliever Cole Stasio. Brady Counsell hit a 2-RBI ground-rule double, then Smith made the score 7-0 with a ground-rule double of his own.

“Fitz preaches getting to their bullpen, get the starter out early, see pitches,” Ian Francis said. “That’s the kinda team we are. We don’t swing at balls. We get our pitches and we try and do damage with them.”

Thaniel Trumper tosses a scoreless eight before Kansas added two more runs to hamper Baylor’s chances at a comeback in the bottom frame. Tommy Barth singled up the middle to make the score 9-1 heading into the ninth.

Baylor threatened in the ninth against Trumper, loading the bases with one out. However, Ty Johnson hit a rocket double play to Chase Diggins to end the game. The Jayhawks improved to 16-2 on the season and 1-0 in Big 12 play.

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Saturday after Wednesday sub-state wins

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4 hours ago

March 5, 2026

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Saturday after Wednesday sub-state wins

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Wednesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.

Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.

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BOYS

6A Boys West Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Topeka High 57, Washburn Rural 50 (will play Maize Saturday)
Junction City 70, Dodge City 56 (will play Derby Saturday)
Manhattan 58, Wichita-Northwest 56 (will play Wichita-East Saturday)

4A Boys East Sub-State: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rock Creek 62, Louisberg 57 (will play Bishop Miege Saturday)
Atchison 74, Wamego 43
Hayden 72, Independence 56 (will play Atchison Saturday)
Eudora 76, Santa Fe Trail 68

GIRLS

5A West Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Hays 80, Topeka West 18
Eisenhower 55, Seaman 41
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 71, Emporia 41

5A East Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Shawnee Heights 89, Sumner 15 (will play Pittsburg Saturday)
Basehor-Linwood 74, Highland Park 28 (will play Piper Saturday)

3A Pomona-West Franklin Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Osage City 75, Columbus 31 (will play Frontenac Saturday)

3A Sabetha Girls: Wednesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Silver Lake 48, Nemaha Central 26 (will play Riley County Saturday)
Riley County 51, Jeff West 40 (will play Silver Lake)

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

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1 day ago

March 4, 2026

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RESULTS: NE Kansas high schools to play Friday after Tuesday sub-state wins

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Below is a look at the results from Tuesday night’s high school basketball sub-state semifinals in Northeast Kansas.

Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with what schools are hosting when that information becomes readily available.

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BOYS

5A East Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

KC Washington 68, Highland Park 38
Shawnee Heights 49, De Soto 37 (will play Leavenworth Friday)

5A West Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 (will play Bishop Carroll Friday)
Emporia 61, Great Bend 41 (will play Maize South Friday)
Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 (will play Hays Friday)

3A West Franklin Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Burlington 60, Osage City 35 (will play Baxter Springs Friday)

3A Sabetha Boys: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Hiawatha 73, Oskaloosa 48 (will play Heritage Christian Friday)
Silver Lake 58, Sabetha 39 (will play Perry-Lecompton Friday 7:30 p.m.)

GIRLS

6A West Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Washburn Rural 60, Wichita South 32 (will play Derby)
Topeka High 69, Maize 45 (will play Liberal)
Manhattan 67, Free State 21 (will play Wichita East)

4A East Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rock Creek 71, Parsons 23 (will play Tonganoxie)
Wamego 54, Labette County 33 (will play Bishop Miege)
Hayden 2, Athison 0 (will play Baldwin)

2A Eskridge/Mission Valley Girls: Tuesday’s sub-state semifinal results

Rossville 71, KC Christian 49 (will play Maur Hill-Mount Academy)
Lyndon 61, Jeff. Co. North 31 (will play Valley Heights)
Valley Heights 65, Doniphan West 41 (will play Lyndon)

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

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2 days ago

March 3, 2026

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Doe v. State of Kansas | American Civil Liberties Union

In early 2026, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 244, a law which prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms on government property that align with their gender identity and establishes a private right of action that allows anyone who suspects someone is transgender and in violation of the law to sue that person for “damages” totaling $1,000.

The law also invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses with updated gender markers that reflect the carrier’s gender identity. In February 2026, transgender people across the state received letters from the state Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles informing them that their driver’s licenses “will no longer be valid,” effective immediately. SB 244 also prohibits transgender Kansans – or those born in Kansas – from updating the gender marker on state-issued birth certificates and driver’s licenses in the future.

The same day SB 244 went into effect, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kansas, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed a lawsuit challenging SB 244 in the District Court of Douglas County on behalf of two transgender men who had their driver’s licenses invalidated under the law. The lawsuit charges that SB 244 violates the Kansas Constitution’s protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality under the law, due process, and freedom of speech.

“The invalidation of state-issued IDs threatens to out transgender people against their will every time they apply for a job, rent an apartment, or interact with police,” said Harper Seldin, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Rights Project. “Taken as a whole, SB 244 is a transparent attempt to deny transgender people autonomy over their own identities and push them out of public life altogether.”

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