KSN presents the best football plays of the regular season

by joanna

1:35 — I have video of Maize volleyball players Lindsey Jones and McKenzie Hartzog below.

1:04 p.m. — Volleyball update — Maize finishes second in Class 6A, losing to Manhattan 25-20, 25-21. In Class 4A, Cheney finished fourth, while Lenexa St. James did the expected and won the 4A title again.

12:08 p.m.

Cross Country update:

Wichita area runners had a big day at Lawrence’s Rim Rock Farm.

The Bishop Carroll boys and girls take Class 5A team titles, with David Thor winning the boys individual race.

Valley Center’s Morgan Wedekind won the 5A girls race, with Carroll’s Kaelyn Balch finishing second.

Wichita North’s Amber Eickhorn won the 6A individual race.

We’ll post results as soon as we get them.

10:40 a.m. — The Wichita area has two teams in volleyball championships. Maize has just advanced to the Class 6A title, defeating BV North 25-15, 25-19, while Hutchinson Central Christian also advanced.

Congrats to both teams and good luck to all the others still playing.
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Know which teams will win the championships? Want to win prizes including Wichita Thunder tickets?

Enter our second-annual NCAA Tournament-style bracket challenge.

Fill out brackets in one or all seven classes to compete for prizes. Check back throughout the month to see how your picks stack up against Joanna Chadwick’s, Chris
Elliott’s and the rest of the field.

Here’s the link

Here’s a printable sheet for all 7 brackets, along with The Eagle’s final rankings

Good luck!

It is the end of district play and we had some good and some not-so-good games. Bishop Carroll gave Hutchinson a scare, while Heights blew out Derby. We cover other games, but you have to watch the video to find out. So…watch it already.

by joanna

Tonight was the final night of the regular season. And it was a good one.

Bishop Carroll nearly won at Hutchinson, which overcame a bazillion turnovers.

Kapaun beats Andover Central.

Heights beats Derby 70-31 (check below for the box score).

Dodge City came back to beat Garden City.

Where were you? What do you think of possible matchups?

Here are the brackets

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by joanna

*Maize advances to 6A semifinals, Cheney advances to 4A semifinals, Hutchinson Central Christian and Norwich advance in Class 1A, Division II. Congrats to all and good luck to 5A, 3A and 1A-Division I, who are still playing.

State volleyball is already up and at it, so are you at a tournament? Let’s get your updates and insights.

Here’s my story on the Kapaun team, as well as notes on the area teams in the tournament.

It should be a great weekend of volleyball!

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Nathan Stiles, a senior at Spring Hill High, died this morning after becoming unconscious during Thursday night’s football game at Osawatomie.

Stiles was airlifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center during Thursday’s game, won by Spring Hill 99-72.

The Kansas City Star story has updates.

by joanna

It’s Friday and it’s pretty much just 6A, 5A and 2-1A games tonight. Last night was a busy night with interesting district results. What will happpen tonight? Who will advance that we didn’t expect? Who won’t?

We get a nice opportunity to talk district football and regional soccer on the same night. So enjoy this Thursday edition of the two minute drill.

An old friend called tonight and said another friend’s freshman son had quarterbacked Spring Hill to a 99-72 victory over Osawatomie in a Class 4A district game.

Ever the skeptic, I asked for the dad’s cell number.

He answered and confirmed the score. Still a skeptic, and reminded about how my friend used to enjoy an adult beverage at college and pro football games occasionally, I asked for the Spring Hill coach’s number.

After a few minutes, coach Anthony Orrick called back. Coach, is that score right?

“Uh, yeah, it is,” he said, chuckling almost sheepishly. “Quite a game.”

Neither team is playoff bound, so this one was for pride. Orrick explained that Spring Hill ran the wishbone and attempted one pass all night. Conversely, Osawatomie threw on nearly every down.

In one 22-second period, there were 24 points scored.

The game started at 7 p.m. and “we just got done about 10:45,” Orrick said.

(In case you’re wondering, 171 points in a game isn’t near a state record. In 1927, Haven beat Sylvia 256-0.)