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Football Friday #4: What we're watching for!

Time for week four in Kansas high school football, but first lets take a look at Thursday night’s action, which may have already produced the best games of the weekend. St. James upsets Bishop Miege You read that right, the St.
This week's Football Friday includes a number of players featured in this year's Kansas Pregame. Pictured clockwise from top left: Jordan Finnesy, Hudson Gray, Da'Vonshai Harden, Collin Koester, Ky Thomas, Jack Moellers, Kade Melvin and Teven McKelvey. (File Photos)

Subway Sports Spotlight, Sept. 24

Now that it's officially fall each fall sports regular season is over a third of the way through and there's plenty to recap from last week. In our weekly Subway Sports Spotlight feature Kansas Pregame writers take a look at several notable sports stories from across the state.
Clockwise from top left: Royal Valley volleyball. (Photo by Joan Pahmahmie); Eudora's Reagan Hiebert. (Photo by Carlee Norris); Eudora's Riley Hiebert. (Photo by Judy Erpelding); Hoxie's Addi Campbell. (File photo by Everett Royer); Manhattan's Daniel Harkin. (Photo by Huey Counts); Humboldt's Conor Haviland. (File photo by Taylor Beeman)

Football Friday #3: What we're watching for!

This week sends us over a third of the way through the regular season in Kansas and here's few games we're watching. Emporia looks to avenge last year's three-point loss to Legend, Colo. The drive from Parker, Colo., to Scott City, Kan., is roughly four hours and 15 minutes long.
Emporia's defensive line, led by Riley Wagner (#71), will get a tough test in this week's game with Legend (Co.) which will be played Saturday in Scott City. (Photo by Shari Beatty)

Fessenden enjoying retirement, Hanover threatening NV win streak

Coach Chuck Fessenden’s 1985 Almena-Northern Valley football team featured multiple sophomores in key roles. The Huskies returned senior running back Shane Baird, who tallied 1,573 rushing yards as a junior. Northern Valley lost in state title games in ’82-’83 and posted a 10-2 record in ’84.
Chuck Fessenden retired this spring after nearly 45 years coaching football, basketball and track & field. (Current photos by Fig Millan; Bottom right photo of Chuck in his early days as a teacher at Northern Valley courtesy Amy McKinney via a Northern Valley yearbook)

#KCACProud: Profiling Kansas athletes competing in the KCAC

Kansas Pregame is joining forces with sponsor the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference to profile Kansas student athletes competing in the KCAC. Check out the first three profiles below and look for more athlete profiles in the coming weeks.
Aubry Donley, Tanner Galliart and Hanna White are just three of the Kansas natives excelling in the KCAC. (Photos courtesy the KCAC)

Schlagle linebacker travels long road to success

Kansas City Schlagle’s Manowa Ngenzirabona is the reigning Kansas City-Atchison League defensive MVP and has received interest from multiple NCAA Division II schools. Ngenzirabona’s journey includes stops in Congo, Tanzania, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas.
Manowa Ngenzirabona (#21, left) and Jaylin Richardson will start their quest to lead Schalgle to a KC-AL championship tonight against Atchison. (Photos by Brian Turrel, Wyandotte Daily News)
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