http://www.kansascity.com/187/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star High School 60 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:54:36 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/696421.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/696421.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46 CDT Gregg Williams remembers the summer training program for football at Excelsior Springs when he was in high school. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/693149.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/693149.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:21 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/683609.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/683609.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:14 CDT 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). http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/683613.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/683613.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:14 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/682784.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/682784.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:29 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/682279.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/682279.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/676911.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/676911.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:00 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/671955.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/671955.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:11 CDT Kansas continued its winning tradition Thursday night in the 17th annual Metro All-Star Challenge, defeating their state-line rivals from Missouri 20-9 at the Blue Valley District Activities Complex. It was the 10th series victory for the Kansans. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/670167.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/670167.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:41 CDT Head coach: Greg Oder (Blue Springs South). Assistant coaches: Kelly Groom (Blue Springs South), Mike Moon (Blue Springs South), John Vanderpool (Park Hill), Kasey Waterman (North Kansas City), Greg Smith (Smithville), Pat Hansen (Liberty), Mike Spotts (William Chrisman), Jon Oyler (Fort Osage) http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/670177.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/670177.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:51 CDT Blue Valley West coach Scott Wright and Blue Springs South coach Greg Oder know what it’s like to win a state high school football championship and finish among the best teams in their respective states. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/668647.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/668647.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:26 CDT The Rockhurst-Blue Springs South high school football game — the season opener for both teams — will be televised on ESPN. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/667487.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/667487.html Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08 CDT For recently-graduated high school football players, competing in the Metro All-Star Challenge is a one-time event. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/661889.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/661889.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:45 CDT During his run to the 6A state singles title, it’s safe to say that Blue Valley North freshman Jack Sock won over his fair share of admirers. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/656592.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/656592.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:29 CDT Fifteen minutes before the big announcement, seven strangers were sitting together, meeting one another, offering first names and handshakes. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/651972.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/651972.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:25 CDT Olathe Northwest swimmer Maddy Dalcamo didn’t lose a 100-yard freestyle or 50 freestyle race all season. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/643313.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/643313.html Fri, 30 May 2008 22:31 CDT SPRINGFIELD | After four innings, things were going well for the Oak Park baseball team. The same couldn’t be said after the fifth. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/641893.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/641893.html Thu, 29 May 2008 22:31 CDT The fact that Rockhurst High School’s lacrosse squad won its third Missouri boys Division I state championship Saturday ought to be expected — but doing so with Sports Illustrated’s mythic jinx hovering like a cloud makes it even more special. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/635851.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/635851.html Sun, 25 May 2008 23:54 CDT TOPEKA | The plan was a simple one. Blue Valley would start senior J.P. LaMunyon at pitcher in its Kansas 6A state championship game against Goddard on Sunday at Hummer Sports Park. And as soon as LaMunyon — who was making his first start at the position in almost four years — began to falter, they would go to their ace, senior Nate Kerkhoff. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634909.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634909.html Sat, 24 May 2008 21:14 CDT SPRINGFIELD | The match wasn’t for the place he wanted, but it seemed only fitting that Sam Schultz ended his high school career with a victory. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634862.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634862.html Sun, 25 May 2008 00:09 CDT WICHITA | It only seemed fitting that senior Molly Macan, whose standout career at St. Thomas Aquinas had been overshadowed by a series of heartbreaking state playoff losses, would be the catalyst in the Saints’ game-winning, seventh-inning rally Saturday. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634974.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634974.html Sun, 25 May 2008 00:09 CDT WICHITA | Mike Naster couldn’t stop smiling. The Kansas 6A state track meet had just ended, and all Naster — the longtime track coach at Shawnee Mission South — could do was stand there. His boys team had just won the 6A state team title, and after 37 years as a track coach (including the last 26 at SM South), Naster — who is retiring after this season — finally got to see what it was like to win a state track title. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634864.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634864.html Sat, 24 May 2008 22:14 CDT Olathe East senior Lindsey Maher cradled the first-place trophy, saying she would never let go. Somehow, junior goalkeeper Becca Skillman coaxed Maher into letting her hold the trophy for a team photograph. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634905.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634905.html Sat, 24 May 2008 21:14 CDT When the Notre Dame de Sion game headed for penalty kicks, Storm assistant soccer coach Carolyn Darby started getting worried. Her husband, Storm head coach Matt Darby, knew there was no need for concern. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/633886.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/633886.html Fri, 23 May 2008 22:20 CDT By the time Oak Park pitcher Scott Bradbury made it to the mound Friday, he’d already done enough offensively to secure a victory. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/631914.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/631914.html Thu, 22 May 2008 19:34 CDT Representatives from Kansas City’s Capital Improvements Management Office will appear at the Gracemor Homeowner’s Association meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to explain future storm drainage improvements for the neighborhood. http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634008.html http://www.kansascity.com/696/story/634008.html Sat, 24 May 2008 00:29 CDT TOPEKA | Lee Ridenhour’s first walk of the game came with the bases loaded in the seventh inning Friday and allowed Maize to pull within one. Up came dangerous hitter Ryan Zimmerman. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/691055.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/691055.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:01 CDT •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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/688122.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/688122.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:40 CDT Kansas Softball Coaches Association 2008 Class 4A team is not yet available Kansas Soccer Coaches Association 2008 http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/683650.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/683650.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:14 CDT First team: Breeana Coleman, Olathe East, SO. Finished fourth in Kansas 6A in a time of 11.99 seconds. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/683685.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/683685.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:47 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681181.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681181.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/680667.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/680667.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:25 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681182.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681182.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681153.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681153.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:00 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681156.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681156.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:00 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681403.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681403.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:30 CDT Morgan Marlborough remembers the first time she scored a goal in a high school soccer game and the pure shock that followed. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681398.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/681398.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:30 CDT It may be summer, but Blue Valley West golfer Curtis Yonke continues to collect achievements and accolades. http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/679626.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/679626.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:54 CDT 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... http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/679075.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/679075.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:19 CDT Offensive Player of the Year: Taylor Isenhower, junior, Shawnee Mission Northwest Defensive Player of the Year: Katie O’Keefe, senior, Olathe East http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/673268.html http://www.kansascity.com/187/story/673268.html Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:02 CDT When Kyle Barbeck stepped onto the mound this season, there was never a doubt that Blue Springs had a chance to win.