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W-league gives collegiate players professional-level experience during the offseason without losing eligibility. It also provided some unique game experiences for the two Jayhawks.
"It didn't go so well for me," lohnson said.
The league also gave her an opportunity to play with one of her best friends who now plays for the University of Colorado. Dolinsky spent the summer living with a host family in order to compete
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Their form during the summer was enough to merit a recommendation from their coach for the combine. Thirty-five players out of the 128 combine participants were drafted into the WPS last year. This year only 90 players are participating in the combine, intensifying the competition. The WPS has existed for one year, but it is the highest-level women's soccer league in the world and attracts stars from across the globe. For Dolinsky and Johnson, it is a long-held dream that could be within their grasp.
"What else could you ask for, you know — just still doing what you love doing." Dolinsky said.
Francis said only one other player from Kansas, Holly Gault, had attended a similar professional combine during his tenure as coach. He believes his two current captains have the potential to continue their careers past college.
"When they go to the combine, obviously they need to show well," he said, "But I think they both definitely have the ability to play in the league."
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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley yells from the side lines during an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore. Haley is still looking for a solid lineup for Sunday's game.
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Chiefs search for receivers
Coach hopes players will be ready before weekend game
BY DOUG TUCKER Associated Press
KANAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs shuffled in a new pair of hands Tuesday in coach Todd Haley's continuing quest to locate an acceptable set of wide receivers. Still unclear is who would be throwing the ball.
Haley said it was too early to know if quarterback Matt Cassel will miss a second straight start this weekend because of an injury to his left knee. But he is hopeful of making a decision earlier than Sunday, when the decision was made just hours before the season-opener at Baltimore.
If Cassel remains out, Brodie Croyle would make a second start, this one against Oakland, after earning generally high marks in the 38-24 loss to the Ravens.
"Matt is doing everything he can to be ready," Haley said. "I would hope I would know a little sooner this week, although right now I can't give a definitive answer. But the player's doing everything he can to be ready, which generally
helps speed the healing process."
In the meantime, receiver Bobby Wade, a six-year NFL veteran with stops in Chicago, Tennessee and Minnesota, was signed. The Chiefs waived Turk McBride, who had been playing linebacker after being a starter most of last year at defensive end.
"I'm looking for guys that do it the way we want it done," Haley said. "Talent is the great separator. There may be some guys who are doing everything the way we
Dwayne Bowe, the Chiefs' best receiver, was demoted to third team during training camp in what appeared to be an effort to motivate better work habits.
Croyle hit 16 of 24 passes in
place of Cassel for 177 yards and two TDs. But the quality of the wide receiver corps is something Haley has fussed over all year. He's made it clear the Chiefs may be reworking the bottom of the lineup constantly.
"We're looking and digging all the time," he said. "If there's somebody out there we think makes us better, we're going to do what's necessary to get that done."
"I'm looking for guys that do it the way we want it done. Talent is the great separator."
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want it done, but maybe they're just not good enough. Then there's some guys who potentially can be really good, but they're not doing it the way we want it done ...
"I want physical receivers just like I want physical players
at every other position and guys that help block in the run game and are football players, not just pass-catchers."
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Duke quarterback Sean Reinfend throws a third quarter touchdown against Army during an NCAA college football game in West Point, N.Y., on Saturday. Dwight, 35-19.
Duke freshman to see more play
BY AARON BEARD
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. — Thad Lewis probably knew hed hear the term "quarterback controversy" this week after the way backup Sean Renfree played in Duke's weekend win at Army. He just won't let himself think of it that way.
"I knew going into the season that Sean was going to play," Lewis said Tuesday. "So there's not a controversy at all, but it is a competition. We compete, but we make each other better and we want to make this team better."
That's what coach David Cutcliffe is aiming for heading into this weekend's trip to No.
22 Kansas. He has repeatedly heaped praise on Renfree, a redshirt freshman, even as he's gone out of his way to point out that Lewis is still No. 1 on the depth chart.
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"You can see now why I've been saying all along that, regardless of play, I wanted Sean Renfee to play."
will play."
"But you can see now why I've been saying all along that, regardless of play. I wanted Sean Renfree to play. I should've played him in the first game (against Richmond) and didn't. I had plans to play him without a doubt at Army. I have plans to play him again this week. He
He's also made it clear that Renfew has earned the right to play each week.
"We've got a starting quarterback." Cutcliffe said. "The circumstances can be just like a pitcher in baseball. If a pitcher needs relief help, he's going to get relief help. If he can pitch a complete game, he's usually left in there.
Still, while Lewis is saying all the right things about supporting Rentree, the difference between their play at Army couldn't have escaped him.
"We've seen (Renfree) in practice and know what he can do in practice." running back Requan Boyette. "But to see him
Lewis, a four-year starter, went just 5-for-16 for 60 yards before Renfrey got his shot. Renfrey went 7-for-8 for 106 yards and two touchdowns, with one of those coming on his first collegiate throw. That — and back-to-back interception returns for touchdowns from Leon Wright late in the game — helped the Blue Devils (1-1) turn a 14-13 lead into a 15-19 victory.
out there against live bullets and everything moving faster than it does in practice was very positive. It just showed us that he can do it throughout the game."
While Renfree's play will push
Lewis, Cutcliffe said it wasn't like the senior wasn't already working hard to get better.
"It's not been a matter of not being focused or energized or motivated," Cutcliffe said. "I think it's probably human nature that when you see your backup playing pretty well, the adrenaline flows. That's just kind of normal and that's OK. That's good for anybody."
Lewis figures the competition can't hurt. After all, it's still his job to lose.
"When you've got two quarterbacks who are on point," Lewis said, "that just drives the offense to be better than they are right now."
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