Join Joanna today to recap the football championships or kick off the basketball, swimming and wrestling seasons.

Joanna Chadwick and her special guest, Conway Springs football coach Matt Biehler

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Dwight Suderman won the final football predictions contest of the 2011 season. Congrats, Dwight!

A lot of you were like me — you got 4 of 5 right, missing only on Heights.

Let’s get the first basketball predictions contest of the year going. Remember, the winner gets a VarsityKansas.com T-shirt.

E-mail jchadwick@wichitaeagle.com with your picks, include the tiebreaker.

Good luck and enjoy the basketball season!

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The all-league teams are chosen by the league coaches. The All-Metro team will be released on Thursday.

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Video from after the 2011 Class 6A title game is below.

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Join Joanna Chadwick for a live chat at 1 p.m. today

Hutchinson football coach Randy Dreiling chats with Joanna Chadwick in this week’s Big Show.

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This is the final football predictions contest of the season. Hasn’t it been fun?

Glen Grider won last week’s contest on a tiebreaker. Congrats, Glen!

The list is below. Please e-mail jchadwick@wichitaeagle.com with your picks and include the tiebreakers.

Winner gets a VarsityKansas.com T-shirt.

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Heights is back in the Class 6A title game for the third straight year and will face Olathe South this time, after playing Olathe North two straight years.

Heights is playing well and is such a big-play team that can also grind it out with Matt Reed at quarterback and Marquel Moore and Kenneth Iheme running the ball.

Can Heights make it two straight 6A titles? How do these teams match up?

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Hutchinson (10-2) plays Blue Valley (11-1) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Emporia State. Will Blue Valley make it two titles in a row in Class 5A? Will Hutchinson win the 5A title on its way back to 6A?

Hutchinson didn’t have injured Ja’mon Cotton in its semifinal game against Bishop Carroll, which had beaten the Salthawks in the final game of the regular season. But Hutchinson’s Lucas Munds made it a non-issue. He went for 177 against Carroll to get Hutch back to a state title game after a one-year absence.

What does Hutch need to do against Blue Valley? What does Blue Valley need to do?