Features

KCAC football coaches address media ahead of 2019 season

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference coaches and members of the media gathered at Crestview Country Club in Wichita on Thursday for the annual KCAC Media Day. Kansas Wesleyan was picked by both the coaches and media to repeat as conference champions.
Kansas Wesleyan's Myers Hendrickson (left) and Bethel's Terry Harrison (right) were among the KCAC football coaches who addressed the media on Thursday. (Photos courtesy KWU Athletics and the KCAC)

KSHSAA to release football playoff history book

TOPEKA, Kan. – When the 2018 Kansas State High School Activities Association football playoffs ended, it brought to a conclusion the 50th season of postseason play in the sport for the state of Kansas.
KSHSAA is releasing a book that includes 50 years worth of playoff football history.

Sharp Performance event draws top prospects, under-the-radar recruits

SALINA – Kansas high school football's Class of 2020 has featured a high number of well-known, Power 5 linemen commits including Lawrence Free State’s Turner Corcoran, Derby’s Alex Conn, Lakin’s Hadley Panzer and Emporia’s Hayden Pauls. However, Colby senior Aaron Kurth has burst onto the scene.
Jake Sharp (center) addresses prospects at the second annual Top Prospect Showcase at Kansas Wesleyan's Graves Family Sports Complex Friday in Salina. Plainville Jared Casey (left) and Wamego's Isiah Childs are just two of more than 200 athletes who performed football specific drills for coaches and media in attendance. (Photos by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

White teams win both KBCA All-Star Games

SALINA - Caleb Grill was quick to answer Saturday night when asked which of his plays in the KBCA All-Star Game gave him the most satisfaction. Was it the 360-degree spinning one-handed dunk in the first half or the four-point play from 22 feet in the second?
Maize's Caleb Grill and Hanover's Macy Doebele were just two of the players who performed well in Saturday's KBCA All-Star Games in Salina. (Grill photo by Dan Loving, Doebele photo by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

KBCA All-Star Games are this weekend in Salina

The 36th-annual Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game features some of the best talent across the Sunflower State.  Both games will be held on Saturday, June 22 at Mabee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. The girls game is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.
Ark City's Cevin Clark, Washburn Rural's Jordan White, KC Piper's Ryan Cobbins and Hanover's Macy Doebele are four of the more than 40 All-Stars participating in this weekend's KBCA All-Star Games in Salina. (File Photos)

Hammond explodes onto high school track scene

Heading into her sophomore year at Garden Plain High School, Brooke Hammond has already made quite an impression on high school track in the state. Records have fallen and state gold medals are already at three.
Garden Plain's Brooke Hammond (center) started off her high school track career in style earning gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 relay in just her freshman season at May's Kansas State Track & Field Championships. (Photo by Huey Counts)

Coaches select All-State softball teams

A group of Kansas high school softball coaches gathered nominations and selected All-State teams for each of the state's five softball classifications. The selection committee picked the top 15 players for the first team and the next 15 for the second team in each class.
From left-to-right: Silver Lake juniors Lexi Cobb and Daryn Lamprecht and Wabaunsee juniors Autymn Schreiner and Alexis Hafenstine were each chosen for All-State recognition by a committee of Kansas high school softball coaches (Photos by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)
Subscribe to Features