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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 2015
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Column: Wiggins needs to carry his team to playoffs
MIKE MAICKE
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This time last year, Andrew Wiggins was focusing on getting ready for his first NBA season. Just a few months earlier, he had been selected with the No.1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, and the anticipation was building.
But the start of the 2015-16
Head coach David Beaty and defensive coordinator Clint Bowen shout as the Kansas defense runs onto the field on Sept. 12.
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STULL CEMETERY IS RUMORED TO BE A GATEWAY TO HELL. IS IT?
TOM DEHART
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Editor's note: This article appeared in a previous edition of The Kansan. Stull, located about 10 miles west of Lawrence, is a town so small it feels like it's hiding in plain view.
Cars passing on its roads will be in and out of it in less time than it takes to process a full thought. The town includes a United Methodist Church that appears to have been constructed in recent years and an old, darkened, brick bait shop to the west. Two small houses sit almost adjacent to the church and across from the south side of the small town there's a cemetery containing tombstones with dozens of German-sounding last names written on them.
Stull Cemetery has gained a reputation for being the site of supernatural happenings, including associations with the devil, the occult and a supposed gateway to hell in the basement of an old church, demolished in 2002, which was supposedly sheltered from rain despite its lack of a roof.
Multiple signs attached to the cemetery gate read a simple message: "No Trespassing." It's a peculiar sign to be posted on a regular cemetery gate, but Stull isn't commonly defined as regular.
Despite the rumors and urban legends that surround
one cemetery, the most activity seen there in recent years are acts of vandalism—hence the trespassing signs and Stull residents' desire to keep outsiders off the property.
"It used to look a lot spookier than it does now. It had a stone structure adjacent to it, and it used to have some pine trees, but those pine trees died," said Lt. Steve Lewis, former Douglas County Sheriffs Office public information officer. "When I used to patrol out there, I would stop people and they would tell me that they were just trying to see something scary, and I told them they were looking at the scariest thing they were going to see all night, and I charged them with a misdemeanor."
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In addition to an American flag at the east end of the cemetery, a large, bent tree stands solitary to the west on one of the curves of the gravel road that loops around the cemetery's premises.
Toward the northeast corner of the small plot of land, the only remnants of the rooftless church are limestone bricks. Most of the attractions that once brought people to the cemetery have been removed, and the sight is somewhat disappointing for a day in late October.
Nevertheless, the legend has a surprisingly long legacy for how uneventful the town of Stull truly is.
percentage, considering his team lacked multiple offensive threats to take the pressure off him and relied on him to create a lot of his offense.
However, the efficiency he put up at the FIBA Americas speaks to the type of player Wiggins could become. And the Timberwolves are going to need that Wiggins if they're going to have any chance at a postseason run.
It has been more than a decade since they've made the playoffs, and even with new additions, there's still a long way to go before the winning culture can be restored.
coach kay beckard said after the team's rough performance. "Offensively, we hit .220, that's probably the lowest of the year. We had to rely on some other things."
The first set of the match proved to be difficult for the Jayhawks as they trailed the Wildcats throughout the majority of the set. Kansas took the lead a total of three times in set one. Eventually the Jayhawks took the lead at 19-18 and held it to win the set 25-23.
Right side hitter Kelsie Payne led the Jayhawks in kills, posting six throughout the set. Setter Ainise Havilli
"Offensively, we hit .220, that's probably the lowest of the year. We had to rely on some other things."
RAY BECHARD Head Coach
The Jayhawks recorded only 11 kills in the second set, a relative low for the team. The leader in kills in the second set was outside hitter Madison Rigdon, who added four kills to bring her total to five.
can't change, our body language can't change."
self as a defensive specialist by adding five more digs to her five from the first set. Wait was diving all over the court, trying for balls that seemed impossible to save.
The Jayhawks took the third set 25-22 in a hard-fought battle. Payne continued to post impressive kill numbers, adding six to make her total 15 in three sets. Havili assisted her teammates and put up 16 assists to increase her total to 38.
The fourth and final set came much easier to the Jayhawks as the fire that was once burning within the Wildcats began to die. The Jayhawks took the set 25-21.
Wait led the team in digs. She showed her dedication to her defensive position by taking a full-speed hit to the face
"One ball, one set, one match at a time," Wait said. "That's what I focus on."
Havili added another 16 assists to bring her total to 54 — only three away from her personal best. Rigdon used those assists to post six more kills and finished the day with 14. Payne ended the day with 20 kills, five coming from the final set.
diately got back up.
I like to sneak the game with a dig amount in the double digits. Wait led with 27. Havili had 12 and posted yet another double-double for the season. Defensive specialist Addison Barry had a spectacular night in the back, recording a season high of six digs.
“[Barry] was digging everything in her zone,” Bechard said. “That was big”
The Jayhawks will face Kansas State once again on Nov. 25 in Manhattan. For now, the team's next test comes against TCU on Saturday on 2 p.m.