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JOY in the JOurneY

Lisa Jennison grew up in Healy in a family that valued faith and athletics. The family attended the United Methodist Church in Healy, a town of 234 people located 24 miles from Scott City. Her mother, Diana, has long served as a positive influence.
The McGrath family: Scott, Lilian, Lisa, Benton, Lynsi, Jaren, Layci. (Photo by Andrea Rodger Photography)

Let's find a way to let them play (and debate, and act, and sing)

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that the start of the 2020-2021 school year will be delayed until at least the week following Labor Day. With Wednesday’s announcement, those connected to school offered extracurricular activities in Kansas are left worried and confused.
Photo credit, clockwise from top left: Everett Royer, Adam Shrimplin, Everett Royer, Huey Counts.

Sharp Showcase puts prospects back on the field

On June 29, Hays High football coach Tony Crough discussed his highly talented Indian squad. HHS junior linebacker Gavin Meyers has received multiple Power 5 offers in the last eight months from Colorado, Kansas State and Nebraska.
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Coffeyville Field Kindley's Darell Jones, Kapaun's Ethan Stuhlsatz, Omaha North's Sam Scott, Hays High's Jaren Kanak and Gaven Haselhorst and Wichita East's Adama Faye are just a few of the athletes who had big days at Friday's Sharp Performance Showcase in Salina. (Haselhorst photo by Jacob Isaacson; Kanak photo by Derek Young of K-StateOnline.com; All other photos by John Baetz of Kansas Pregame)

Spring hard copy distribution nearly complete

After months of hard work the new 2020 Spring Edition of Kansas Pregame is finally available to pick up FREE at dozens of sponsor locations across Kansas. This publication features hundreds of photos and provides a special piece of memorabilia from a school year cut short by the coronavirus.

Spring Yearbook now online

The new Kansas Pregame Spring Edition, featuring the first ever spring yearbook with postseason coverage of basketball, cross country, football, volleyball and wrestling, in honor of the Class of 2020's lost senior year, is now online.

Column: For the Class of 2020, school's out...forever

Being a senior in high school is one of the best times of a person’s life, especially when he or she lives in a small town. Everyone knows your name, and when people see you in public, they always ask, “Are you ready for school to be over?
Plainville senior Heidi Jones reflects on the loss of her senior year in this column for Kansas Pregame. (Left photo: John Baetz; Right photo: Kaiden Van Schuyver)

Kansans highlight Garden City Community College signing class

GARDEN CITY – The volleyball program that Patrick Hiltz hopes to build at Garden City Community College will first and foremost start with recruiting local and regional Kansas players who he feels will be a good fit for his Lady Broncbuster team.
Garden City seniors (from left) Remi Vargas, Kelbi Richter and Reagan Karlin are three of the six Kansans who make up the 2020 Garden City Community College Volleyball Signing Class. (Photo by Adam Shrimplin, Shrimplin Photography)

Athletes, what should you do now?

Saturday, April 11th, would've been the FREE Sharp Performance Athletic Testing Combine at the Salina Fieldhouse. Kansas Pregame publisher John Baetz has partnered with Jake Sharp and a number of sponsors to provide the free athletic testing for almost 10 years.
Saturday would've been the annual FREE Sharp Performance Athletic Testing Combine at the Salina Fieldhouse. With the event now postponed, Kansas Pregame publisher John Baetz talks to aspiring college athletes about what they should be doing in this uniquely challenging time. (Photos by Jacob Isaacson)

KSHSAA announces Oscar Stauffer Award winners

TOPEKA, Kan. - The KSHSAA is pleased to announce the selection of Glen Grunwald and Kasey McDowell  the 2020 Oscar Stauffer Award recipients. Grunwald, Hutchinson, has been dubbed the Sportscaster of the Year and McDowell, Mulvane, as the Sportswriter of the Year.
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