Check out the digital edition of the first ever Spring Sports Preview and find sponsor locations with free hard copies here. The magazine is available free thanks to the support of advertisers across Kansas.
Here’s the first look at the cover of the new Kansas Pregame Spring Sports Preview, the new release from Kansas Pregame, with coverage of baseball, softball and track & field.
In early March, 13 of the state’s top spring sports athletes gathered at the new Sharp Performance gym in downtown Salina to take part in the cover shoot for this all new magazine.
Each athlete is profiled inside the magazine as part of the “Spring Revival” feature.
The publication also includes dozens of team previews, features on a number of the top athletes in Kansas and a few surprises.
Also earning plaques and medals were the McPherson and St. Thomas Aquinas girls. Bonner Springs and Lawrence Free State boys and Liberal girls earned certificates.
The 2018-19 Kansas high school basketball season is over. Check out the State Tournament brackets at the links below:
Blue Valley Northwest won their third straight 6A Championship with a 53-41 victory over Washburn Rural. The Huskies got 17 points and 10 rebounds from Mike Peake while Christian Braun added 16 points and 10 boards. Wichita Southeast downed Shawnee Mission South in the third place game led by sophomore Jackie Johnson's 33 points, including six of 11 three-pointers.
Whether they were truly upsets or just a case of schedule disparity leading to seeding discrepancies more lower seeds took down higher seeds on day two of state tournament play.
From 6A all through 1A, sub-state basketball is all wrapped-up in the state of Kansas.
6A (Boys)
The 6A field at Koch Arena is set on the boys side. Every top-seed made state, with the excpetion of a gaint upset on the West side. Derby, who began sub-state with a 4-14 record and had to win a play-in game, fell just short of the state tournament with a loss in the sub-state finals. Derby destroyed fourth-ranked Topeka High, 62-26, and fell to 10th-ranked Lawrence-Free State by five points in the sub-state finals.
6A East
The Dodge City High School PE Expansion provides one of the best indoor practice facilities in the state. The project, completed in May 2018, is used for a variety of Dodge City High School programs and was funded as part of a bond issue.
Kansas Pregame caught up with Dodge City High School Athletic Director Jay Gifford to learn more about this new facility.
Eureka head coach Mike Davison stood in the center of Fort Hays State University’s Gross Memorial Coliseum after the 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament concluded Saturday afternoon. Davison and the Tornadoes lined up for picture after picture, first in the stands and then on the mats with the team and individuals.
The free Salina Regional Sports Medicine Athletic Testing Combine by Sharp Performance is an opportunity for athletes from across the state to gain exposure from local and regional sports media while objective testing results are compiled by trained professionals using modern technology.
High school and college coaches are in near unanimous agreement that athletes should not specialize in just one sport. High school athletes are encouraged to run track in the offseason to improve speed, while playing baseball or softball can improve reflexes.
While many sports are complementary, many coaches agree, there are two sports that go hand in hand. Football coaches love offensive and defensive linemen who wrestle, and wrestling coaches love a 285-pounder who has experience fighting in the trenches.
