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The Kansas State High School Activity Association has announced the sites for its 2019-2020 championship games for fall and winter sports. The sites for football remain unchanged while basketball changed the location of the 2A state tournament to Manhattan from Hays.

For the first time in its 46-year history, the Kansas Shrine Bowl will take place at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City. The Shrine Bowl, scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 8th, pits the best high school football players in Kansas on the West side of the state against the best from the East side.

Editor's Note: Kansas Pregame is seeking nominations for the Nex-Tech Wireless Supporting Cast. The first ever Nex-Tech Wireless Spring Supporting Cast was released in the Spring Sports Preview and more details can be found in the magazine and the article below.

Saying running is a huge part of Aaron Modrow’s daily routine, would be a vast understatement. As one of the top Class 4A distance runners for Chapman High school, he makes sure to get his mileage in each day.

Darrien Holloway and Afftin Conway of Osborne High School have been sprinting with targets on their backs this season. The target will only get larger at the state track and field meet this Friday at Cessna Stadium in Wichita.

Distance dominant and right on track. That’s the position the St. James Academy girls track team finds itself as it enters Class 5A regional action. The past three seasons, co-head coach Greg Bomhoff’s girls ended matters as runners-up at the 5A Kansas state track and field championships.

Find updated regional baseball brackets at the Kansas State High School Activities Association website.

Find updated regional softball brackets at the Kansas State High School Activities Association website. 6A East (Preview published Monday) Mill Valley took fourth place in 5A last season, but now the Jaguars are one of the favorites to win it all in 6A. Mill Valley is the tournament’s overall No.

Chapman High School went 35 miles north to find its next girls head basketball coach.  Drew Gruver will be the next head coach of the Chapman girls basketball team, according to athletic director Clint Merritt.

► “It was kind of cool to break it and to talk to him at the meet after I broke it,” Armstrong said.  ► Armstrong is a three-sport athlete. In the fall he runs cross country and in the winter he plays basketball.