Coach of the Year: Joe Pickett, Eudora High Loaded with a group of talented veterans and strong underclassmen, Joe Pickett led the EHS girls to a second place finish in Class 4A at the state meet — as the clear second-best team in the class — and also guided the boys team to a ...
Coach of the Year: Mitch Loomis, Tonganoxie Mitch Loomis led the Chieftains on a wild ride in 2022, guiding the team to its first Frontier League title since 1995 and watching his crew compete for a 4A state championship in May. Although the Chieftains came up short in the title game — 5-2 ...
Adam Green has coached hundreds of games and been a part of more early-inning situations than he can count. But the one he experienced on Wednesday in Manhattan was different than any of them. Back on the Kansas State campus for the annual Kansas Senior All-Star Game, Green assumed ...
In his first race on the final day of his decorated Free State High running career, FSHS senior Ben Shryock was right where he wanted to be, running with his friends and helping the Firebirds to a second-place finish in the boys 4x800 relay at Saturday’s state track meet in Wichita. After ...
State championship showings by Free State High’s Isa Evans in the girls pole vault and Ben Shryock in the 3,200-meter run highlighted Day 1 at the all-class state track meet at Wichita’s Cessna Stadium for the track and field teams from Lawrence. Evans, who lost just one meet all season ...