Shawnee Mission West basketball player Heather Howard has verbally committed to Oklahoma State. Howard, who averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks a game as a junior post player last season, received the scholarship offer after performing well at a basketball camp at Oklahoma State with her Shawnee Mission West teammates in mid-June.
•FIRST TEAM: Liz Buck, Blue Valley West, sophomore. Set a school record with a .575 batting average. Had a .667 on-base percentage, a .995 fielding percentage and drove in 15 runs.
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First team: Breeana Coleman, Olathe East, SO. Finished fourth in Kansas 6A in a time of 11.99 seconds.
Calling Shawnee Mission South senior Kristen Gillespie driven is probably an understatement. At track practice, she outworked everybody, even running with the boys regularly to push herself. And during her free time, she ran some more, sometimes with her twin brother, Scott (who is also an accomplished track athlete).
The story of Maurice Mitchell’s senior season as The Star’s All-Metro boys athlete of the year should be well-circulated by now. That he crossed every finish line first for Raytown South should be common knowledge. But little is known of the story behind Mitchell’s victories at the Missouri Class 4 state track-and-field meet.
First team: Jeremy Walker, Bonner Springs, JR. Kansas 5A state champion with a time of 10.64 seconds. Regional champ in 10.81 and best time was a 10.3.
Kansas State picked up an oral commitment from another high school defensive end. Adrian Mims from Hickman Mills joins Josh Johnson from Raymore-Peculiar as the second area defensive end to say he would play for the Wildcats. He is the third player overall to make an oral commitment to Kansas State.
Occasionally dressed in street clothes on game days, Marvin Forbes often hears the thoughts and fears of other teams preparing to play his 18-and-under club volleyball team, the Invasion. The one constant topic of conversation each time this happens? Height.
The calls, he says, are never good. All day he deals with many negative and unpleasant events. Then, Marvin Forbes leaves his desk at the Kansas City, Mo., police department and performs a balancing act of sorts.
LAWRENCE — It’s safe to say the 11th Annual Missouri vs. Kansas All-Star Baseball Showcase on Tuesday didn’t go as well as planned for the Missouri all-star squad.
Occasionally dressed in street clothes on game days, Marvin Forbes often hears the thoughts and fears of other teams preparing to play his 18-and-under club volleyball team, the Invasion. The one constant topic of conversation each time this happens? Height.
The calls, he says, are never good. All day he deals with many negative and unpleasant events. Then, Marvin Forbes leaves his desk at the Kansas City, Mo., police department and performs a balancing act of sorts.
Kansas State picked up a verbal commitment from another high school defensive end. Adrian Mims from Hickman Mills joins Josh Johnson from Raymore-Peculiar as the second area defensive end to verbally commit to the Wildcats. He is the third player overall to verbally commit to Kansas State.
It may be summer, but Blue Valley West golfer Curtis Yonke continues to collect achievements and accolades.
Morgan Marlborough remembers the first time she scored a goal in a high school soccer game and the pure shock that followed.
First team: goalkeepers — Tori Champaign, Duchesne; Melissa Pacheco, Notre Dame de Sion; defenders — Allison Hu, Duchesne; Sam Andert, St. Dominic; Katie Murphy, Notre Dame de Sion; Anne Prenger, Springfield Catholic; Dana Wilhelm, St. Louis Notre Dame; forwards — Signe Novak, St. Dominic; Maura McKernan, Visitation Academy; Erin Kilian, John F. Kennedy; Caffrey Brooks, Pembroke Hill; Mindy Siebert, Cape Girardeau Notre Dame; Jordi Ferrell, Sikeston; Kendra Schilli...
•FIRST TEAM: Liz Buck, Blue Valley West, sophomore. Hit .575 with a .667 on-base percentage and 15 RBIs while leading the Jaguars to the East Kansas League title.
How’s this for irony? Lee’s Summit High School quarterback Andrew Schnell’s name originally did not appear on the roster for last week’s Metro All-Star Challenge football game. However, it was Schnell who won the most valuable player award for the Missouri squad.
LAWRENCE | Blue Valley coach Matt Ortman’s goal in the 11th annual Kansas vs. Missouri All-Star Baseball Showcase on Tuesday was simple — stay out of the way.
•Offensive Player of the Year: Taylor Isenhower, Shawnee Mission Northwest •Defensive Player of the Year: Katie O’Keefe, senior, Olathe East
