dailydaily newsnews 8 The Goodland Daily News / Tuesday, December 31, 2002 sports Jayhawks’ Final Four run voted Kansas’ top sports story

By Steve Brisendine the first title in any sport for the school in Lib- AP Sports Writer eral — was the No. 7 story, with three football Kansas grabbed plenty of headlines in 2002 stories rounding out the Top 10. with its best basketball season in years: a 16-0 Associated Press’ top 10 sports stories of 2002 Olathe North’s continued domination of the Big 12 season followed by the Jayhawks’ first By The Associated Press as No. 2 early in the 2002-2003 season. the NJCAA championship in women’s basket- state’s largest enrollment class was voted the trip to the Final Four since 1993. Here are Kansas’ top 10 sports stories of 4. Kansas State’s football team rebounds ball, the first national title ever for the school No. 8 story. The school’s winning streak That success was the state’s top sports story 2002 as voted by Associated Press newspa- from a 6-6 showing in 2001, going 10-2 in the in Liberal. reached 38 games as it won its third straight of the year, as selected in voting by newspaper per and broadcast members: regular season as Terence Newman wins 8. Olathe North High School continues to Class 6A championship, its sixth in the past and broadcast members of The Associated 1. Kansas goes 16-0 in Big 12 regular sea- Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive dominate large-class high school, winning its seven years. Press. son and reaches Final Four before losing to back and Ell Roberson and Darren Sproles 38th straight game and its third consecutive Kansas’ 2-10 season in Mark Mangino’s first The Kansas Jayhawks’ season beat out the eventual champion Maryland in the national emerge as offensive stars. Class 6A state championship. season as football coach was ranked ninth. U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament at Prai- semifinals. 5. All-American forward Drew Gooden, the 9. Kansas’ football team goes 2-10 in its first The No. 10 story came from tiny Pretty Prai- rie Dunes outside Hutchinson for the No. 1 2. The U.S. Women’s Open draws national Big 12’s scoring and rebounding leader, leaves year under former Oklahoma and Kansas State rie, in south-central Kansas. spot. attention to Prairie Dunes Golf Club in Kansas a year early for the NBA. assistant Mark Mangino. The high school’s 8-man football team had The Jayhawks’ 33-4 season ended without Hutchinson. 6. Jeff Gordon remains the only Winston Cup 10. Pretty Prairie High School ends its foot- to end its season three games early, after coach coach Roy Williams’ first national champion- 3. Kansas State’s women’s basketball driver to win at the 2-year-old Kansas Speed- ball season early after a number of players ad- C.T. Young stopped practice one day and asked ship, but Williams’ disappointment was for his team, featuring a starting lineup heavy on way, which continues to spark an economic re- mit to violating the team’s alcohol and tobacco any player who had violated the school’s zero- players, not himself. homegrown players, makes the NCAA Mid- vival in Wyandotte County. policy and are dismissed, leaving too few to tolerance alcohol and tobacco policy to step “This bunch was a heck of a basketball team, west Regional semifinals and rises as high 7. Seward County Community College wins continue. forward. and they took old Roy for a really good ride,” Sixteen of the Bulldogs’ 23 players admit- Williams said after the Jayhawks lost 97-88 in ted to violations, leaving Young with no choice the semifinals to the eventual champion, Mary- freshman to the Big 12’s leading scorer and The success of Kansas State’s women’s bas- 10 ranking and a Holiday Bowl berth in 2002 but to dismiss them from the team. That left land. rebounder in his final season. “And it’s so close ketball team was the No. 3 story. The Wild- — was the No. 4 story. Pretty Prairie with only seven players. One player’s career at Kansas ended a year to coming true and I want it so bad. I just want cats — a largely homegrown squad — reached No. 6 was Jeff Gordon’s second win in as Still, the Bulldogs earned points — along early, when All-American forward Drew to end it there. My decision is to enter the draft the Midwest Regional semifinals in March many Winston Cup races at Kansas Speedway, with praise in newspaper editorials across the Gooden elected to forego his senior season and and it’s not a bad one. It should be only good and were ranked as high as No. 2 early in the as the 2-year-old track continues to fuel eco- state — for their honesty. jump to the NBA. His decision was the No. 5 for me and my family and the school.” 2002-2003 season. nomic development in Kansas City, Kan., and “He (Young) did what he had to do and he story. Women’s sports, college basketball and the Another success story in Manhattan — the surrounding Wyandotte County. was right,” said Matt Graber, who was the sec- “This is a dream of mine,” Gooden said at the state’s two Big 12 schools were all well-repre- football team’s rebound from a 6-6 finish in Seward County Community College’s na- ond player to step forward. “The rest of the team time. He went from a talented achiever as a sented in the top five. 2001 to a 10-2 regular-season record, a Top tional championship in women’s basketball — doesn’t blame him.” Kansas City Chiefs wasted great offense this season Denver Nuggets take By Doug Tucker coach Dick Vermeil’s, sprang to the defenders — ranked 32nd among 32 Chiefs should be in position for a seri- AP Sports Writer front of the league as a kick returner. NFL teams throughout the season — ous Super Bowl run. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The He’s headed for the Pro Bowl with a gave up team-records with 367 first Safety Jerome Woods, whose sea- 2002 Chiefs must have been one of the team-record 90-yard punt return downs and 4,396 yards passing. son-ending leg injury in an exhibition tenth loss in a row most wasteful teams in NFL history. among his credits. There were four games where the game was damaging, will be back. So DENVER (AP) — Desmond Ma- remaining. They squandered a great running Yet, it was all for naught. Chiefs scored 30 or more points and will first-round pick Ryan Sims at de- son scored 23 points and Gary Rookie Nene Hilario scored on a game, frittered away a record-smash- Crafted and coached by coordinator lost. Double-digit leads had a habit of fensive tackle; he hardly played at all Payton 21 as the Seattle SuperSonics dunk and was fouled with 4.8 sec- ing return unit and have nothing to Greg Robinson, this was the most in- being gobbled up in the fourth quarter. before an elbow injury shelved him. handed the Denver Nuggets their onds left. He missed the free throw, show for breaking a 64-year-old NFL effectual defense the Chiefs have put It’s not often any franchise has its all- The Chiefs figure to shop the free 10th straight loss, 79-77 on Monday and Juwan Howard put back the re- record with only two lost fumbles. on the field since a young Lamar Hunt time best offense and worst defense agent market for a shutdown night. bound, but the Nuggets could get no The worst defense in the league — first began writing checks on his show up in the same year. cornerback and another nickel back; Mason had eight points in the third closer. and team history — negated the Chiefs’ daddy’s oil money to establish the Anchored by Pro Bowlers Will draft speed at linebacker; find another quarter and Kenny Anderson six Hilario led Denver with 21 all-time best offense. American Football League. Shields at right guard and Willie Roaf pass rusher; and a replacement for points in the final period to help the points, and Howard had 19 points Running back Priest Holmes, cut A perfect blend of wretchedness and at left tackle, the offensive line was one punter Dan Stryzinski may also be a Sonics hold off the Nuggets. and 15 rebounds. down by a hip injury in the 14th game, excellence, it’s no wonder the Chiefs of the best in the league. Lucky as well good idea. Anderson finished with 12 points. The Sonics were without their personally broke 10 team records. were 8-8. as good, they did not lose a single game But even if they manage to contort Anderson’s jumper from the cor- second-leading scorer, Rashard With 2 1/2 games left, the NFL rush- While the offense was setting a team to injury. their salary cap and turn the league’s ner made it 73-67 with 2:13 left, and Lewis, who was sent back to the ing leader needed just three touch- record with 467 points and 6,000 net Yet, it’s easy to dream. In success- worst defense into just NFL average, Mason’s two free throws gave Se- team hotel before the game, suffer- downs and 143 yards from scrimmage yards, the defense was setting records ful reclamation projects in Philadel- there are no guarantees the offense will attle a 79-73 lead with 7.2 seconds ing from the flu. to erase two of the league’s most re- by giving up 399 and 6,458. phia and St. Louis, Vermeil’s teams remain as potent. It may be unrealistic spected standards. With Green clicking on a team- made big breakthroughs in their third to even hope it will. First-year player Marc Boerigter, record 61.21 percent of his passes and year, with the Eagles reaching the play- The Chiefs insist Holmes’ injury is Sherman who connected with Trent Green on a Holmes rushing for a team-record offs and the Rams going all the way to not career-threatening. Nevertheless, 1203 Main Ð Phone 899-6103 team-record 99-yard touchdown pass 1,615 yards before his injury, the of- Super Bowl victory. how much longer can anybody hold up Internet tonight? www.goodlandnet.com/movies play on one of his eight scoring fense rolled up a Chiefs-record 343 And next season will be his third in under such a pounding? Maid in Manhattan (PG-13) catches, emerged as a home run-hitting first downs. Kansas City. The popular belief is with Will the offensive line remain 899-2338 PG-13: SOME LANGUAGE/SEXUAL REFERENCES. wide receiver. 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