When Fort Osage High School football coach Ryan Schartz started putting together a Missouri all-star squad, he wasn’t sure what was going to happen. Sure, he knew he’d have some talented players, but how would it all come together?
Trey Daniel, a two-time Kansas 6A singles champion at Blue Valley North, headlines an elite group of USTA junior tennis players who will compete in the Missouri Valley Sweet 16 Championship this week at the Plaza Tennis Center. The five-state event begins with doubles play Tuesday and includes players from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa.
Olathe East came up short in the championship game at the 2013 Chick-fil-A KA-MO Hoops Shootout on Sunday at Shawnee Mission North, but that was small potatoes for the Hawks. Winning a title would have been nice, but the summer is more about coming together as a team, learning and growing together.
Missouri high school all-stars roll over Kansas for third straight win.
The Missouri side has its eyes set on a third-straight victory behind a star-studded defense. The Kansas team will rely on its dual-threat quarterbacks.
The Missouri All-Stars had won three of the last four series in the MO-KAN All-Star softball series, but it was not to be this time.
Blue Valley Northwest shortstop Madison Jones is named MVP as Kansas beats Missouri in two straight games.
Leavenworth’s Nathan Butler was undefeated as a senior wrestler, and he comes up with the right answers in the classroom.
In volleyball or pole vaulting or schoolwork, Gardner Edgerton’s Cassie Wait — The Star’s 2013 girls scholar-athlete — rises to the occasion.
What are the 2003 boys and girls scholar-athlete winners doing now?
Three boys and three girls receive special mention on the list of 2013 scholar-athletes.
The Star's list of scholar-athletes for Kansas City-area high schools.
The Star's list of scholar-athletes for Kansas City-area high schools.
Tampa Bay has become baseball’s best at developing young pitching talent during the last decade. On Thursday, the Rays added Blue Valley graduate Ryne Stanek to their stable, selecting the hard-throwing right-hander with the 29th overall pick in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft.
After a long bus ride home from the St. Louis suburbs on Sunday night, Oak Grove High School baseball coach Kirk Sears walked into his house, greeted his family and then sat down at the computer.
When Staley High School opened its doors five years ago, baseball coach, David Wilson set a goal for his program. Each year, no matter the turnover the team experienced, he expected to see improvement.
Westminster Christian defeats Panthers with two-run homer in fourth inning.
Falcons load bases in seventh inning but Willard holds on in Class 5 third-place game.
Cole Doherty injured his PCL during practice on April 1, jeopardizing the rest of his senior season. But he drove in the game-winning run to send Oak Grove to the championship game, where it will try to win its first title since 1992.
Eureka upended St. Teresa’s 2-1 in the Class 3 state championship game Saturday at Blue Springs South, getting two goals from Allie Gentry and winning its first state title in school history.
Francis Howell puts together a five-run fifth inning to post a 9-6 over the Falcons, who were unable to make their early leads hold up.
Sydney White and Bridget Wages each score twice and have an assist for the Celtics, who take home the third-place trophy in Class 1 with their 5-2 rout.
O’Hara senior forward Sydney White capped her career with two goals and an assist Saturday, running circles around Springfield Catholic in a 5-2 rout during the Missouri Class 1 girls soccer third-place game at Blue Springs South.
St. Teresa’s will face Eureka on Saturday for the championship.
Kearney suffers its first loss of the season as it falls to top-ranked St. Dominic in overtime.
