Other Sports

Hometown Sports calendar

Updated March 10

Basketball

Unbeaten Nebraska swept Big 12 women's player and coaching honors in voting by conference coaches. NU coach Connie Yori was named coach of the year, while senior forward Kelsey Griffin was named player of the year.

Honor Roll

Basketball

The No. 10 Washburn women are the second seed in the NCAA Division II regional at Canyon, Texas, this week. Washburn will face Central Missouri, the team it beat in Sunday's MIAA Tournament final, in Friday's first round. Emporia State is the fourth seed and will meet Tarleton State.

Iditarod

Hundreds of sled dogs and thousands of fans lined up along Anchorage's Fourth Avenue on Saturday for the ceremonial start of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Softball

Kasha Kolb's two-hitter helped Wichita State defeat Boise State 7-1 Friday in the Texas Tech tournament. Jamie Hull hit a three-run homer for WSU (7-6).

Shocker softball defeats Boise State

Wichita State 7, Boise St. 1

U.S. men's volleyball will return to Wichita

Wichita's growth as a city where volleyball matters continues.

Crosby lifts Canada over U.S., to gold in OT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — With the flick of Sidney Crosby's wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption. From the pall of a luger's death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men's hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.

Crosby delivers on biggest stage

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Sid-ney! Sid-ney! Sid-ney!

Ohno gets relay bronze, DQ in 500

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Apolo Anton Ohno threw up his arms in a what-can-I-do gesture and smiled.

Class 6A wrestling notes

As Campus senior Dalton Miller remembered it, his right leg straightened up and he fell backward during the third period of his Class 6A 112-pound semifinal match on Friday at Intrust Bank Arena. His leg then straightened out hard and he felt a pop in the back of his knee while his hamstring pulled.

Celebration OK with Olympic officials

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Carry on, ladies.

U.S. men's hockey routs Finland in semifinals

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Barely two minutes into the game, Finnish goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was staring at the ceiling in disbelief.

Kim Yu-na delivers in Olympic figure skating final

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Kim Yu-na put one hand to her mouth and let the tears flow.

Tennis

Wellington's Olivia Sneed, 14, and Burdett's Marie Norris, 12, won their Sweet 16 tournaments last weekend in Wichita playing in older divisions. Norris is ranked first in the Missouri Valley in the 12s and second in the 14s behind Sneed, who also is ranked fifth in the 16s.

Women's hockey: Canada blanks U.S. for gold

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada's game. Canada's ice. Canada's gold.

Olympic roundup

Men's hockey

Deaths

Nathan Johnson, who pitched at Butler Community College in 2006 and 2007, died Tuesday from injuries suffered during a Toughman fight Saturday in Oklahoma City. Johnson, 23, suffered a fractured skull and a cerebral hemorrhage. The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission is investigating the death.