* Reprinted by permission from K-State Athletics Communications
K-State football head coach Chris Klieman calls them "senior talks."
This week, after each of K-State practices, a senior will stand up and give a speech to the team. Then another. Then another. And a few more. This is their second week of it, too.
*Update: The original release from the KBCA included Girard in the class 3A rankings, but the Trojans will play in class 4A this season. Winners of last year's 3A title, Girard will now enter the season unranked, while Hays-TMP joins the 3A poll at number 10 and Hugoton and Hiawatha move up.
The Kansas Basketball Coaches Association released their first set of rankings this week just ahead of next week's start of the high school basketball season in Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan. – Sales continue to pour in and those attending state football Saturday will hav
PITTSBURG, Kan. – NFL Hall of Famer and Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl winner, Bobby Bell, will speak in Pittsburg, Wednesday, December 4.
The keynote for the Mpix.com Celebration Banquet, Bell will speak to the NJCAA Football Championship participants, No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast and No. 2 Lackawanna (Pa.). Bell won a collegiate national championship in 1960, won a Super Bowl in 1970, is a 2015 college graduate, and takes pride in breaking barriers and proving that dreams do come true.
First, an apology. I haven't had the time to put up much new content this week because of the effort to produce the Winter Edition. Gathering basketball and wrestling questionnaires and working on layout of the only statewide full color glossy keepsake preview magazine for Kansas gets to be a full time job this time of year.
The Kansas Volleyball Association has released its 2019 All State teams, Players of the Year and Coaches of the Year for each classification.
After a fun Friday night of quarterfinal contests the state semi-final match-ups are set. Check out the brackets linked below followed by a complete Hoisington/Garden Plain game wrap from Joey Bahr and a brief look at some notable results from last night:
As the high school football season draws closer to an end here in Kansas, here's a quick rundown of the quarterfinal match-ups and our best guess at who will make the semifinals in each classification:
6A
Blue Valley North at Blue Valley
In 2018, Holton finished 3-6, including a 1-3 record in games decided by seven points or fewer. It marked the worst record since the first fall under 24th-year coach Brooks Barta. He has won 225 games, including three state championships and seven total title game appearances. Barta listed several reasons for the rare off year.
