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Kansas drops regional opener to Creighton after allowing 7-run inning

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May 31, 2025

Kansas drops regional opener to Creighton after allowing 7-run inning

Fayetteville, Ark. – Kansas went back-and-forth with Creighton for five innings, but the Bluejays exploded for a seven-run sixth inning to take the opening game of the Fayetteville Regional 11-4. The Jayhawks will play an elimination game tomorrow at 2 p.m. against North Dakota State in an attempt to keep their season alive.

“With the loss, you mourn it for five minutes,” Dan Fitzgerald said postgame. “This game does not wait. We’ve got a really good North Dakota State team we gotta play tomorrow.”

Dominic Voegele battled throughout this start, but looked like he was finding his stride after getting out of jams in the fourth and fifth innings. However, the Bluejays notched three straight hits to chase him from the game with Creighton leading 5-3. Things got worse exponentially from there, with the Bluejays sending 12 batters to the plate, scoring seven runs against three different pitchers.

“They did a really nice job of moving the ball,” Fitzgerald said. “Obviously hindsight’s 20-20, and would have liked to have done some things differently in the sixth inning.”

Dominic Cancellieri quickly got the Jayhawks off-balanced with a rapid tempo on the mound while pumping strikes in the first inning. He struck out the first two batters he faced and got through the top of the Kansas lineup on just 11 pitches.

Creighton got on the scoreboard first, with Will MacLean smashing a 109-mph, 455-foot bomb to open the scoring at 1-0.

The Jayhawks responded as they have been doing all season. Cancellieri quickly got the first two outs, but then Michael Brooks worked a walk to extend the inning. Tommy Barth followed with a two-run homer, his first since March 23rd, to give Kansas a 2-1 lead.

“He got a great swing off to put us up two to one,” Fitzgerald said. “And then, you know, lost the ball in the sun in the first and then robbed a home run. But yeah, a great player, a great teammate.”

The back-and-forth swings ensued in the top of the third as the Bluejays went to work against Voegele. Three straight baserunners loaded the bases before Voegele walked Nolan Sailors on four pitches to tie the game. Creighton took a 3-2 lead following a hard-hit fielder’s choice to third base, where Brady Counsell’s only play was to step on the bag.

Kansas got momentum back on its side after Voegele got out of a major jam in the fourth. He walked Tate Gillen to load the bases with two outs, but then caught Matt Scherrman looking on a three-pitch strikeout to give the Jayhawks some life.

Derek Cerda followed with a home run on the first pitch he saw in the bottom frame to tie the game at 3-3. The Jayhawks managed some solid contact against Cancellieri and forced him out of the game after four innings.

Voegele pitched his best inning of the game in the fifth after allowing a leadoff triple. He then struck out back-to-back batters and induced a weak pop-up to strand the runner and keep the game tied.

“It was frustrating because Dom’s best stuff was in the fifth,” Fitzgerald said postgame. “They hit a leadoff triple and then, I thought his stuff was electric.”

However, Creighton rebounded to take the lead in the sixth. Gillen remained a thorn in Voegele’s side, picking up his third hit of the day on a two-run single to give the Bluejays a 5-3 lead. Voegele was pulled after Scherrman singled, and Sailors doubled home two off Manning West to provide Creighton with a four-run lead. The Bluejays wouldn’t stop scoring, leading 10-3 after a 7-run frame, scoring runs on a sacrifice fly and two RBI doubles.

Sailors added to the lead with a solo shot off the scoreboard, putting him a single away from the cycle, to make it an 11-3 game in the seventh.

Ian Koosman kept Kansas at bay, tossing scoreless innings in the fifth, sixth, and seventh. The Jayhawks awoke out of their multi-inning offensive slumber, as Dariel Osoria hit a homer to make the score 11-4 in the eighth.

Kansas was set down in order in the ninth, sending the Jayhawks to an elimination game.

“Nothing really changes from here on out,” Osoria said. “Based off our preparation, we have to just do the same thing and stick to our true approach. Coach always preached about making sure we approach the game the right way and then always prepare the right way. So just another day to try and go and get a win.”

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

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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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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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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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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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