by joanna

The rain has already created havoc in regionals.

The Class 4A regional softball semifinals and championship at Mulvane has been postponed until Friday at the same time. The 4A regional baseball semis and championship at Circle has been postponed to Friday, as well.

The 5A baseball regional at Westurban today has been moved to Thursday, while the 6A softball regional at Two Rivers Youth Club will be on Friday.

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by joanna

The Class 6A and 5A wrestling tournament spent decades at the Kansas Coliseum. But in February, it went to the Intrust Bank Arena. Find me a person who didn’t like that idea, and well, I’ll be shocked. It’s a new arena, it’s downtown, it’s a great showcase for wrestling.

But as we know now, that didn’t work out so well, and the Kansas State High School Activities Association lost money on the deal.

So what happens for February 2011? It could be back at the downtown arena or at Hartman Arena.

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I’m sitting in my living room watching the NBA playoffs and trying to put off going to do laundry when I see Amare Stoudemire dunk over about three Portland defenders. After I finished laughing, I remembered how much I love and miss high school dunks. They are far less frequent than in the college and NBA games. That’s what makes them a little more exciting and meaningful. Anyone care to share some favorite high school dunking moments or highlight plays from any other sport?

Also, be sure to click on my story today about the public private debate that went on at the KSHSAA board meetings this weekend.

I spent the weekend in Lawrence at the KU Relays and witnessed a few good races. It was actually my first visit on the campus, and it’s really nice compared to a lot of place I’ve been to.

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Baseball sub-state assignments are below.

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Softball sub-state assignments from the KSHSAA are below.

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As you saw from Joanna’s story this morning, the North Central Kansas League has made a proposal to the KSHSAA board of directors that would make private schools compete one classification higher than their enrollment.

Here’s how the classes would break down this year, if the proposal were in effect (listed in order of enrollment) .

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by joanna

Is there anything else to talk about besides the K-State game last night? What an amazing game, whether you’re a fan or not.

If you want to discuss anything else, here’s my story on the proposals put on the KSHSAA’s agenda regarding public and private schools.

by joanna

Columnist Bob Lutz wrote an excellent column today on the state high school basketball tournament.

He echoed a lot of my thoughts coming out of state basketball. The first is, we do not need any more state tournaments. Not everyone needs to win. Really. That’s reality. He said combine 6A with the top half of 5A, then smallest half of 5A with the top half of 4A.

I say, combine 6A and 5A for a 48-team class.

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by joanna

I’ve got videos of Perry Ellis and Nino Williams warming up. I’ve got Jhasmin Bowen, Evan Wessel and Perry Ellis interviews. I have some fan shots.
Check them out!

Heights’ Perry Ellis warms up before the 6A semifinal:

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