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Check Varsity Zone for the latest high school sports scores, news, stats, team pages and moreThe soul of basketball can be found in the small towns of Kansas
Mar 7, 11:42 AMThey 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 PMMark 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 AMJoel 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.
Lee’s Summit North’s Christopher named area’s top girls golfer
Dec 2, 11:00 PMIt’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.
Aquinas wraps up undefeated season with top national rank
Nov 17, 10:33 PMThe 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 PMThe 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 PMO’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 PMGrain 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 PMAt 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 polls
Oct 20, 11:17 PMThe Star’s top five rankings
