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The soul of basketball can be found in the small towns of Kansas

Mar 7, 11:42 AM

They say the soul of basketball is out there in a place where grain elevators are skyscrapers and barbed wire gives an order to things. The whispers of legends carry through the rustling Kansas prairie grass, along the pounding of freight trains that connect civilization with the nation’s outskirts, in dark gyms where boys and girls bounce basketballs because that’s what has been done for generations.

Guilty verdict in Iowa high school coach’s killing

Mar 2, 11:56 PM

Mark Becker stood passively Tuesday as a jury found him guilty of murder in the shooting of a nationally known Iowa high school football coach. He seemed far removed from the man whose mind was filled with images of angels and horned demons who lurked in the shadows of every room, telling him that the community was plotting against him and that Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas — known for his winning record and town leadership — was Satan.

Olathe Northwest coach gets a second once-in-a-lifetime shot

Jan 29, 6:22 AM

Joel Branstrom and his family will be headed to the Final Four basketball tournament after all. And in style. Branstrom, an Olathe Northwest High School biology teacher and girls basketball coach, became a media sensation this week after hitting a half-court shot while blindfolded, foiling a student-orchestrated prank.

Shot from Olathe seen around world

Jan 27, 12:06 AM

Joel Branstrom’s 15 minutes of fame are spilling into a second and even a third day. ESPN’s "First Take," taped a segment with the Olathe Northwest High School biology teacher and girls basketball coach this morning in the school’s gym, where in a Friday pep assembly Branstrom hit a blindfolded half-court shot and, in doing so, foiled a student-orchestrated prank.

High school basketball

Jan 17, 12:08 AM

BOYS Blue Valley North 49, BV Northwest 48

Lee’s Summit North’s Christopher named area’s top girls golfer

Dec 2, 11:00 PM

It’s been a whirlwind senior year so far for Lee’s Summit North’s McCall Christopher. In October, Christopher capped a terrific season by dominating the Missouri Class 2 girls golf tournament and winning her first state title. A few weeks later, she signed a letter of intent to play golf at Indiana State.

High school sports

Nov 19, 11:13 PM

Missouri SEMIfinals Today’s games at 7 p.m.

Aquinas wraps up undefeated season with top national rank

Nov 17, 10:33 PM

The story of the 2009 St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team will surely be retold over the years for future classes of players, coach Craig Ewing says. And what a story it is.

Aquinas boys soccer team ends season at top of two national polls

Nov 17, 5:18 PM

The St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys soccer team has finished the season ranked No. 1 in two national polls after posting a 21-0 record while winning the program’s seventh consecutive state championship.

O’Hara wins with touchdown in final minute

Nov 4, 11:55 PM

O’Hara quarterback T.J. White had flashbacks to last year, to the Celtics’ season-ending one-point loss in the first round of the playoffs. It was a feeling he didn’t want to repeat. “I was just determined,” he would say afterward.

Grain Valley relies on ground game to beat Hickman Mills 51-34

Nov 4, 11:21 PM

Grain Valley coach Forrest Rovello knew what his Eagles had to do. It was the third quarter of the Eagles’ Missouri Class 4 regional playoff game against Hickman Mills on Wednesday night, and two back-to-back touchdowns had just cut Hickman Mills’ deficit to two points.

Wednesday’s playoff highlights

Nov 4, 11:55 PM

At HARRISONVILLE 50, GRANDVIEW 8: Sam Cooper ran for Harrisonville’s first touchdown, threw for the second and ran for the next two. At KEARNEY 63, WESTPORT 7: Kearney’s Dillon Brink carried the ball just seven times, but he scored touchdowns on five of those runs.

High School Football Top-5

Oct 27, 11:28 PM

2009

High school football polls

Oct 20, 11:17 PM

The Star’s top five rankings

Weather plays havoc with high school postseason matches

Oct 10, 9:55 PM

The scene at the Indian Creek Racquet Club on Saturday afternoon resembled how tennis might be played at the North Pole. Girls with hopes of advancing to the Kansas 6A state championships next weekend played matches while decked out in sweat suits, with bulky layers under their tennis skirts. A scattering of fans huddled under hoodies and headbands.

Falcons strike late in 34-30 win over SM East

Oct 9, 11:25 PM

Just when you thought Olathe South couldn’t make things any more interesting, they pulled off another come-from-behind victory. This week, the Shawnee Mission East Lancers fell victim to the comeback kids.

High school golf, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, results

Oct 2, 12:35 AM

Thursday’s result Schlagle 29, Pembroke Hill 22

SM East’s Fotopoulos wins singles, BV North wins team title at Aquinas

Sep 29, 10:48 PM

As she took the court Tuesday at the Plaza Tennis Center, Shawnee Mission East standout Mimi Fotopoulos had yet to lose so much as a single game — let alone a set — in a dominant start to her sophomore season. The highly regarded 15-team St. Thomas Aquinas Tennis Invitational, though, seemed sure to provide a test for Fotopoulos, the Kansas 6A state runner-up last season.

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