Gardner Edgerton‘s Wait wins 6A gold with an all-class record clearance of 13 feet, 2 inches. Mill Valley’s Brigham takes 5A gold with a state-meet record 12-8. Maranatha‘s Bailey also sets state record at 11-5 to nab 2A title.
The Kansas Class 6A girls soccer semifinal game between Blue Valley Northwest and Maize might have played out differently if the Huskies hadn’t scored a goal less than 30 seconds into the game. But BV Northwest’s clear advantages in speed, athleticism and instinct probably would have been established eventually.
Stewart gets the win in both games as the Hawks go extra innings to take down Derby 2-1 in the semifinals, then escape a determined Washburn Rural team in the final.
Park Hill South’s Zack Royle and Jim Geary dropped the first set of their doubles quarterfinal matchup against Lee’s Summit West but rebounded to win 12 of the final 13 games and advance to the Missouri Class 2 tennis state semifinals. Rockhurst’s doubles team of Jacob Moore and John Nogalski Jr. also made the semifinals.
Senior pitcher Jenni Brooks scattered five hits and struck out five without surrendering a walk as the Hawks reached the state semifinals for the 14th time since 1998.
Sisters Lexie and Lacie Myers fueled a five-run first with hits for extra bases and Mill Valley held off Andover Central 5-1 at the Two Rivers Youth Complex.
Falcons get a gutsy job from starter White to beat Blue Spring South 4-2 in Class 5. Meanwhile in Oak Grove’s 3-2 Class 4 win over St. Pius, a reversed call proves crucial.
The junior shot putter and discus thrower has so much potential — and gold medals at the Missouri state track meet last year to prove her bona fides — that she has fans on the edge of their seats, waiting to see a monster throw.
Kansas’ five baseball state tournaments — Class 6A in Lawrence, 5A in Wichita, 4A in Salina, 3A in Manhattan and 2-1A in Emporia — will start a day earlier than previous years with the quarterfinals set for Thursday followed by the semifinals and finals on Friday.
Kansas’ five softball state tournaments — Class 6A at Blue Valley West, 5A in Wichita, 4A in Salina, 3A in Manhattan and 2-1A in Emporia — will start a day earlier than previous years with the quarterfinals set for Thursday followed by the semifinals and finals on Friday.
The Class 2 and Class 1 state team tournament takes place Thursday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield. The singles and doubles tournaments will run Friday and Saturday at the same site.
Huskies top defending champions 4-3 in a match that featured six goals in the first 42 minutes, but only one — the decisive one — in the final 38 minutes.
The Saints, a perennial at the state tournament, score three goals in the first 8 minutes, 5 seconds and go on to beat the Timberwolves 4-2 Class 5A state quarterfinal match.
Blue Springs South’s Reece Eddins and Rockhurst’s Joe Huber hooked up in a pitchers’ duel in Missouri Class 5 sectional baseball. But the hero was Blue Springs South junior Zac Slaven, who delivered a two-out, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the eighth that gave the Jaguars a 2-1 victory.