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Running

With four days, sans Saturday, left in 2016, it’s time to countdown the top four moments from the calendar year. People say 2016 was terrible, but how is that so when Bishop Miege, Shawnee Mission East and Shawnee Mission North...
Jack and Kate Lucas put their pants on like the rest of us, one leg at a time, except once their pants are on they win gold medals. Jack, 12, and Kate, 9, won every single Catholic Youth Sports...
Shawnee Mission East runner Will Clough and soccer coach Jamie Kelly were recipients of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Champions of Character award at a luncheon on Monday afternoon. Athletic director Debbie Katzfey nominated Clough and Kelly and then...
The Mill Valley Cat Classic on Thursday featured some talented runners from the area, but it didn’t include boys Joe Coddington, Asher Molina, Ben Tyrrell and girls Katie Kasunic, Cassie Raines, Amber Reed or any of Shawnee Mission North’s...
As the son of a soldier who served in Vietnam and was a prisoner of war for six years, veterans' issues have been close to Prairie Village resident Marvin Mastin for years. This weekend, Mastin and his family will be...
As the sprinters crossed the finish line in the 4x400 meter relay at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus Saturday, nervous smiles crept across the SM North coaching delegation's faces. "We knew what we had to do and...
A remarkable year for SM North senior Belesti Akalu just continues to get more remarkable. Last week, Gatorade named its 2015 State Boys Cross Country Runners of the Year, and Akalu — who only started running competitively this season —...
It's been a good month for SM North's Belesti Akalu. Just months after starting to run competitively, the senior took first place in the Kansas 6A state cross country meet, bringing a title trophy back for the case at 7401...
Just a few months ago, SM North’s Belesti Akalu considered himself a speedy soccer player. But at the urging of the school’s track coach and an older brother, the lithe senior reluctantly agreed to sit out his final soccer...
The fleet footed members of SM North's and SM East's cross country teams showed they are ready to make a run at some state title hardware this Saturday by qualifying for this year's Kansas 6A meet. As they've done throughout...
It was a record-breaking Saturday for SM North's cross country teams at the annual Sunflower League Meet held at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. Both the boys and the girls teams took first place, earning the Indians top seeding heading...
There's just no stopping the speedy SM North cross country teams lately. For the second week in a row, both the boys and girls squads took first place at a major metro area meet. Led by brothers Belesti and Alex Akalu...