The annual William Jewell Holiday Classic boys high school basketball tournament tipped off in Liberty on Wednesday, with teams from Raytown, Fort Osage, Ray-Pec and Staley among the first-round victors.
The 39th annual William Jewell Holiday Classic tips Wednesday at the Mabee Center in Liberty. Here are some things to watch at the high school basketball tournament.
Five Wichita area football players committed on National Signing Day on Wednesday. Carroll’s Clay Cundiff, Andale’s Mason Fairchild, Campus’ Quinton Hicks and Northwest’s Marcus Hicks and Breece Hall signed.
Blue Valley North quarterback Graham Mertz signs with Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Mertz is the second-ranked pro-style QB recruit in the nation.
Blue Valley North senior quarterback Graham Mertz signed a national letter of intent to attend Wisconsin. But other schools showed interest until the very end.
Via all-state ballots and preps reporter Hayden Barber’s observations, here are the 2018 Kansas All-State high school football teams for Classes 4A, 5A and 6A as determined by The Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle.
The rosters for the 2019 Kansas high school football Shrine Bowl have been released. Many players from the Kansas City and Wichita areas were selected.
Set for Saturday at Avila University, the former Hy-Vee Shootout, renamed the 810 Varsity Shootout, will feature a lineup of top boys and girls high school basketball teams from around the Kansas City area.
Wichita Heights and Kansas Jayhawks star Perry Ellis was named to the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s 2019 KSHSAA Hall of Fame class along with Oscar Birt, Marcel Carter, Fred Cottrell and Erik Nielsen.
Lathrop’s run through the Missouri Class 2 high school football playoffs was stopped Friday afternoon in a 54-0 loss to Blair Oaks. Fort Osage plays for the Class 5 title on Saturday.
St. Thomas Aquinas won its first Kansas state high school football championship Saturday. Coach Randy Dreiling wasn’t a fan of the way it celebrated, reacting angrily to an ice bath.
St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Randy Dreiling was not pleased when his team decided to give him an ice bath with the water cooler after his team won their first state title in school history.
The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints won their first state football title in program history in a 49-28 victory over Wichita Northwest to capture the Class 5A title. Here’s the play that helped seal the win for Randy Dreiling and Co.
After being down 21-0 early in the second quarter to Christian Brothers College High School, Rockhurst rallied but ultimately fell 45-21 in the Missouri Class 6 state title game after being unable to stop the run.
Derby High won its fifth state championship in school history Saturday in Emporia with a 24-16 win over Blue Valley North in the 2018 Kansas Class 6A state championship football game.
Blue Valley North quarterback Graham Mertz signs with Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Mertz is the second-ranked pro-style QB recruit in the nation.
