The second full week of the high school sports season is over, and athletes across the area turned in highlight performances. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Liv Maddox, Veritas Christian Maddox placed fifth out of 142 runners in the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invite, ...
Coach of the Year: Mike Hill, Free State High School Free State won the Sunflower League and the 6A state championship game with a 28-2 record. In the postseason, the Firebirds outscored their opponents 38-3, including 17-2 in the 6A state tournament. Player of the Year: Eli Dean, ...
Coach of the Year: MaryJo Swann, Eudora Eudora's girls track and field team placed second overall in the 4A state meet with three state champions in four events. Player of the Year: Hanna Keltner, Eudora Keltner finished her Eudora career as a state champion in the 3200-meter run and the ...
The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Brooke Hopper, Eudora Hopper and the Eudora Cardinals won 32 games in 2024 and entered the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the 4A East. Player of the Year: Braydee Miller, ...
The Veritas Christian volleyball team has had much to figure out this year. After a large senior class departed last season, coach Tyler Clements said this year has been about learning to trust one another in different situations. On Thursday night, the Eagles competed in a triangular against ...
Coach of the Year: Mike Hill, Free State Mike Hill and the Free State Firebirds posted a 23-6 overall record in 2024 and finished third in the 6A baseball state championship. It was the third time in four years that the Firebirds have placed third in the state tournament. Player of the ...