Updated KWCA 3-2-1A Rankings for January 29
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The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association released their updated wrestling rankings today, January 29, 2019.
The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association released their updated wrestling rankings today, January 29, 2019.
Pratt quarterback/running back Travis Theis will go down as one of the state’s all-time greats. He’ll be remembered with the likes of other undersized Kansas stars like Rossville’s Tucker Horak and Paola’s Brian Shay. Could he find similar success in college? The next four years will tell the tale, and for Theis, known for his supreme focus and intensity, that tale will be written at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
The Sylvan-Lucas Mustang volleyball team posted back-to-back seasons with at least 33 wins and while a surprising early exit from Regional competition kept the ‘Stangs from a return trip to the State Tournament last fall, 2017 saw S-L finish third in the 1A-I tourney for one of the best seasons of volleyball in Sylvan-Lucas Unified school history.
McPherson High School sophomore starting point guard Max Alexander doesn't flinch in big moments.
It was his go-ahead 3-pointer on Dec. 11 at Buhler with 20 seconds left that gave the Bullpups a 54-51 win to avoid an extremely uncharacteristic 0-4 start to the season.
Alexander also hit clutch free throws in the semifinals of the McPherson Invitational against Shawnee Heights to help the Bullpups win a 51-50 thriller on Jan. 18 in the Roundhouse.
The first-year starter is enjoying and taking advantage of every moment.
New Kansas State and University of Kansas coaches Chris Klieman and Les Miles will be joined by Iowa State University head coach Matt Campbell as featured speakers the first night of the Kansas Football Coaches Association coaching clinic Friday, February 1. The clinic will continue Saturday morning February 2 at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita.
The annual event will feature both high school and college coaches speaking on topics including program development, offensive and defensive schemes, strength and conditioning and more.
If you haven't heard of Central Plains junior Emily Ryan by now, you probably don't follow Kansas sports at all.
Likely the state's top basketball player, Ryan puts up staggering scoring numbers nightly for an Oiler team that is shooting for a sixth consecutive state title. But Ryan is not one dimensional, a fact she emphasized in last Tuesday night's win over Macksville when it was thought she eclipsed the state single game steals record with 20.
Devin Hedgepeth was an elite defensive back who also excelled in the classroom, and after graduating from Derby High School in 2010 he accepted a football scholarship to Oklahoma State University where he would play his way into a starting role as a true freshman. But three Achilles tendon surgeries later he was forced to walk away from the game he loved and a give up his dream of playing professionally.
After 13 years publishing the only statewide high school football preview for the Sunflower State, Kansas Pregame expanded into winter sports coverage last season with their new Kansas Pregame Winter Sports Preview. Kansas Pregame continued their expansion with the recent launch of their new website, KansasPregame.com. Now Kansas Pregame continues their expansion efforts with work on a new Spring Sports Preview, which will preview the baseball, softball, and track & field seasons in Kansas, set to publish in late March.
Derby Informer Sports reports that Kansas Pregame Winter Sports Preview covergirl Kennedy Brown was selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game in March.
Widely regarded as the most prestigious high school basketball all-star game in the country, the McDonald's All-American Game features the top 24 players in the country. The Informer reports that Brown is the first KSHSAA sanctioned girls’ player to be selected to the game.
Grass has always seemed to play a part in Jake Farrant’s life.
His family has spent decades in the golf course construction and sod business. His uncle, Rick Farrant, founder and principal of GreatLIFE Golf and Fitness, has accumulated more than 20 courses in the Kansas City metro.
As a kid in Meriden, Jake grew up mowing lawns and working alongside Rick on the golf course. Following college, he returned to Meriden to work with his family.
