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Chuck Fessenden retired this spring after nearly 45 years coaching football, basketball and track & field. (Current photos by Fig Millan; Bottom right photo of Chuck in his early days as a teacher at Northern Valley courtesy Amy McKinney via a Northern Valley yearbook)

Fessenden enjoying retirement, Hanover threatening NV win streak

Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 1:45pm

Coach Chuck Fessenden’s 1985 Almena-Northern Valley football team featured multiple sophomores in key roles.

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Emilee Ebert (left) and Macy Doebele showed why the Twin Valley League is one of the toughest in the state with their standout performances at Saturday's KBCA All-Star game. (File Photos)

TVL standouts shine at KBCA All-Star game

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 8:28am

SALINA - The Twin Valley League has tradtionally been one of, if not the best small-school league in the state for athletics.

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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)

KBCA All-Star Games are this weekend in Salina

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 1:04pm

The 36th-annual Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game features some of the best talent across the Sunflower State. 

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Drew Gruver will coach the Chapman girls basketball team next season. (Photo courtesy USD 473 Athletics)

Chapman hires Gruver to lead girls basketball team

Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 12:43pm

Chapman High School went 35 miles north to find its next girls head basketball coach. 

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Wabaunsee senior Abby Oliver recorded another milestone Saturday night winning the Flint Hills Optimist Club All-Star basketball game MVP. (Photo by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

Oliver wins basketball all-star game MVP

Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 12:22pm

Wabaunsee High School's Abby Oliver continued her amazing senior athletics season by winning the Flint Hills Optimist Club All-Star Game MVP after her Red Team defeated the Blue Team 66-62 Saturday night in Emporia.

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Cover athletes Xavier Bell (Andover Central junior), Emily Ryan (Central Plains junior), and John Pfannenstiel (Ness City senior) helped their teams to State Titles. (File Photos)

Final KSHSAA State Basketball brackets

Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 10:32am

The 2018-19 Kansas high school basketball season is over. Check out the State Tournament brackets at the links below:

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From left-to-right: Osborne's Steele Wolters scored 15 points as the Bulldogs survived Lebo 44-41; Kennedy Brown had 10 points, 10 boards and 4 blocks in just 17 minutes of play as Derby dominated SM NW 60-27; Central Plains' Brett Liebl scored 20 points in the Oilers' 55-30 win over Macksville; and Maize senior Caleb Grill put up 23 points with multiple dunks as the Eagles downed St. James 83-56. (Photo credit, left-to-right: Stephanie Baxa, Osborne County Farmer; Derby Informer; Joey Bahr; Dan Loving)

More "upsets" on day two of State

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 3:36pm

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

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