Local area athletes earned recognition for their fall sports seasons with all-state and all-conference teams, while others signed with colleges to continue their athletic careers. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week selections: Yusef Iskandrani, Free State High ...

Baker University junior Ahmed Mahgoub was named Heart Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for the third time this season. Mahgoub helped the No. 15 Wildcats (9-1 overall, 6-0 Heart) defeat Peru State last Wednesday, holding the Bobcats to a season-low 64 points. He also tallied five steals ...

Haskell Indian Nations University junior Tierzah Penn was named the Continental Athletic Conference Women’s Offensive Basketball Player of the Week for her performance last week. Penn, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, put up back-to-back 3s last Tuesday in a 72-62 victory over Saint Mary and ...

The Baker men’s soccer team held No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan scoreless through 85 minutes during their Round of 16 match at the NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship on Monday, but two overtimes later, they left Wichita and the tournament with a 2-1 loss. Baker’s Reilly Marlow-Jones broke ...

Baker junior Saoul Prado was named Heart Men’s Wrestler of the Week on Monday after winning two of his three matches at the Kaufman Brand Bayly UCM Open on Sunday in Warrensburg, Missouri. Weighing in at 125 pounds, he defeated UCM’s Peyton Shepard by an 8-2 decision and College of the ...

The Heart of America Athletic Conference is sending an unprecedented four soccer teams to the final site for NAIA National Tournament. Baker University (13-7-1 overall, 5-5-1 HAAC) is set to play No. 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan (21-1, 13-0) in the Round of 16 at 10 a.m. on Dec. 3 in Wichita. To reach ...