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TOPEKA — A presentation by Paola athletic director Jeff Hines and Girard middle school principal Randy Heatherly to the Kansas State High School Activities Association Executive Board on Wednesday may be the first step toward increasing competitiveness in high...
Two down, two to go in the countdown. Today we continue with the Shawnee Mission East baseball team, which won their first state title since 1995. After falling to SM Northwest in the semifinals in 2015, the Lancers were not...
Today’s theme in the year in the review is threes as we have three days remaining in the year. We’ll look at a trio of athletes, with one whose accomplishments are a trifecta. We begin with Bishop Miege senior Cailey...
I’ve crossed a few things off my bucket list this year and the No. 1 thing happened three weeks ago: I saw a World Series game at Wrigley Field with my dad. The day the Chicago Cubs clinched the pennant,...
Last week, five Bishop Miege student athletes faxed in their National Letter of Intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level next fall. Adam White — Cowley County Community College, Baseball Daniel Harper — Kentucky, Baseball Cailey Grunhard — Notre...
Ethan Bryan didn’t know six-year-old Bo Macan or his family and somehow felt compelled to write a book about Bo. Bryan's sister was on the website Go Shout Love, and she told him to read Bo's story. “When I was reading Bo’s...
Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri were a few of the universities to receive National Letters of Intent from Shawnee Mission East student athletes on Wednesday. The Lancers have a pair of baseball players heading to SEC schools as Luke Anderson...
Will Brant will start eighth grade at Indian Hills Middle School tomorrow. Last week, though, he was in Ft. Meyers, Florida, playing baseball with some of the most talented youngsters in the country. Brant was selected to represent the Midwest...
Joey Wentz's baseball dream is about to officially come true. Wentz confirmed to the Shawnee Mission Post Tuesday afternoon that he will hop on a plane to Georgia today to sign with the Atlanta Braves. The Braves selected Wentz as...
In the days following SM East's third place finish in the State 6A baseball tourney last year, head coach Jerrod Ryherd's phone wouldn't stop going off. Relegated to the consolation game after falling to district rival SM Northwest in...
Congrats @SMEbaseball! Done with heart, grit and laughter! pic.twitter.com/fQF0czaC9V— Athletics SMEast (@SMEathletics) May 28, 2016 For the third time in school history and the first time since 1995, SM East's baseball team has taken the state title. With an extra-innings...
It took nearly a full day longer than expected for SM East's baseball team to make its 2016 State 6A tournament debut. And when the Lancers finally took the field at Hoglund Stadium yesterday after getting rained out on...