The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World's sports staff. • Player of the Year: Fisayo Afonja, Baldwin High Afonja averaged 5.7 kills per set with 567 total kills during her senior season with the Bulldogs, including 74 blocks and 299 digs. As a ...

The Bishop Seabury and Veritas Christian volleyball programs were always going to come out swinging in Tuesday night’s crosstown rivalry match, but the Seahawks dealt the heavier blow to sweep the Eagles in two sets (25-18, 25-13) and improve to 6-3 on the season. At odds with Veritas (2-2) ...

All-Area selections are made by the Journal-World sports staff. • Coach of the Year: Joe Pickett, Eudora Joe Pickett’s team took third (girls) and sixth (boys) in Class 4A events in Wichita, leading multiple Cardinals to Frontier League and regional titles. • Player of the Year: Eli ...

All-Area selections are made by the Journal-World sports staff. • Coach of the Year: Mike Hill, Free State Mike Hill led a fairly young Firebirds team back to state for the program’s seventh all-time state semifinal appearance, where Free State’s postseason ended in a 2-1 loss to Blue ...

High school basketball coaches want more action. That’s the message 12 Kansas high schools promoted at the first-ever Shot Clock Showdown on Saturday at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee. Schools ranged from Class 6A-4A. The two-day tournament, organized by Mill Valley head girls ...

The following selections were made by the Journal-World's sports staff. • Coach of the Year: Donald Blanchat, Baldwin High School Blanchat, wrapping his third season with the Bulldogs' program, resurrected a lowly BHS team back to winning status. This year's team finished 18-4 with a ...