High Schools

Northwest grabs third straight win

The game would come when an opposing defense found a way to slow down Craig Nicholson. Northwest coach Chris Collins knew this.

Friday's Kansas high school basketball scores (Dec. 9)

Andover Central keeps grinding

ANDOVER — Expect some tired Goddard Eisenhower boys basketball players today when they play at Dodge City at 4:30 this afternoon.

Ellis scores 29 as Heights rolls through West

For all the points Perry Ellis has amassed in three-plus years at Heights, he managed to find a new way to score Friday night.

Unbeaten East runs, stops, runs past Southeast

The East basketball team that was lobbing alley-oops, swishing three-pointers and executing breakaway dunks on Friday night was the same one that allowed its energy level to dwindle at times against Southeast.

Kapaun's surge sinks Northwest

Sometimes when two teams cannot seem to separate from each other, the smallest shift in momentum can be groundbreaking.

Area boys roundup: Frankamp scores 33 in North win (Dec. 9)

Junior guard Conner Frankamp scored 33 points — including six three-pointers — to lead North past Bishop Carroll 56-45 in a City League boys basketball game on Friday night at Carroll.

Area girls roundup: East uses big third quarter for win (Dec. 9)

East used a 10-point surge in the third quarter to beat Southeast 45-35 on Friday night in a City League girls basketball game at East.

Goddard Eisenhower comes together for first basketball season

Recognizing poor chemistry isn't difficult for Goddard Eisenhower boys basketball coach Steve Blue.

Thursday's basketball roundup (Dec. 8)

Hillsboro rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Garden Plain 43-42 Thursday night in the Moundridge tournament.

Kapaun ekes out wrestling win over South

Kapaun Mount Carmel senior Luke Bean made a name for himself during football season running through tacklers.

Basketball notebook: Scheer anchors young Cheney

Cheney senior Payton Scheer is a good shooter, though coach Rod Scheer chuckles and says she should be since she's a coach's daughter.

Thursday's high school results scoreboard (Dec. 8)

Wrestling

Friday's area high school basketball schedule (Dec. 9)

Girls games at 6 p.m., boys 7:30

Getting to know - Jana Reichenberger

Bishop Carroll basketball

Football

Kansas State athletic director John Currie wishes the Bowl Championship Series would pick a philosophy and stick with it.

Wrestling notebook: Opinions vary on weight classes

High school wrestling is taking on a beefier look this season.

Heights escapes Kapaun in OT

Familiar faces helped the top-ranked Heights boys basketball team avoid its first loss in more than two years. There just weren't as many of them.

Southeast's Smith leads way in win

Southeast senior Reggie Smith wanted to make a statement, having missed most of the Buffaloes' season opening loss Friday at Northwest, and he emerged from coach Carl Taylor's doghouse in a big way on Tuesday night.

Northwest tops North in thriller

Nothing that Northwest senior guard Craig Nicholson does on the basketball court shocks coach Chris Collins anymore. Not one of Nicholson's patented crossovers, not a tough rebound, not a big three with a defender's hand in his face.

East proves too much for South

East possesses a roster with significant height, length and athleticism. For South to get a victory Tuesday night, it’d take a strong, attacking effort.

KBCA basketball rankings (Dec. 6)

Boys Basketball

Tuesday's Kansas high school basketball scores (Dec. 6)

Boys

Area boys basketball roundup: McPherson beats pesky Eisenhower

Travell Robinson scored 18 points and Cody Cape added 16 as the McPherson Bullpups fought off a game Goddard Eisenhower team in its first season, 61-57 on Tuesday night in an Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League boys basketball game at McPherson.

Area girls basketball roundup: Harbert, Northwest fend off North

Cassidy Harbert scored a key third-quarter basket as part of her 17 points, leading Northwest past North 53-44 on Tuesday night in a City League girls basketball game at North.

Steadman lifts Derby boys over Maize

DERBY — Uneasiness swept over the Derby boys basketball team just before its season-opening home game on Tuesday night.

Tonight's basketball games (Dec. 6)

High Schools

The Eagle's 2011 Top 11 football team

DILLON CALL

The 2011 All-Class football teams

CLASS 6A

High School

Boys Swimming

High Schools

Boys Basketball

This week's area high school basketball tournaments

Alva, Okla.

Moore, Ellis leads Heights in opening win over North

When Terrence Moore is soaring through the air, the Heights senior claims he isn't thinking of tearing the rim down. His dunks just look that ferocious. To the packed crowd of more than 1,600 at North on Friday night, the season opener between North and three-time defending state champ Heights was Conner Frankamp vs. Perry Ellis. But it was Moore that grabbed the spotlight, scoring 20 points to lift Heights to a 71-54 victory.

Blue Aces too deep for Dodge City boys

Team depth doesn't look like it's going to be a problem for East.

Carroll boys rally late to top South

It was easy to see that Bishop Carroll and South were playing their season-opener Friday night.

Eisenhower boys win inaugural game

GODDARD — Taking the floor for the first time as a team, Goddard Eisenhower boys coach Steve Blue was looking to find a rhythm in his team Friday night.

Area girls basketball box scores, roundup (Dec. 2)

The East girls basketball team overcame a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter to rally past Dodge City in double overtime in the teams’ season opener at East on Friday night.

Area boys basketball box scores, roundup (Dec. 2)

Jeremy Lickteig scored 16 points and Michael Martin had 13 for visiting Kapaun, including five big free throws in the fourth quarter to give Kapaun a 50-47 win over West.

Friday's Kansas high school basketball scores (Dec. 2)

Boys

Nicholson, Northwest boys get off to fast start

When Northwest senior Craig Nicholson leaped to block a fastbreak basket, it was an athletic, thrilling play. After the block he yelled, "Yeah, yeah, yeah" and nodded his head emphatically as teammates congratulated him.

Frankamp set to face familiar foe in high school basketball opener

It's Wednesday, two days until North's season opener against Heights, and Conner Frankamp is practicing in a dimly-lit auxiliary gym, tucked away deep in the school's labyrinth of hallways.

Getting to know Jalen Love

Wichita East basketball

Carroll wrestling slips past Northwest

Freshmen wrestlers can't be relied on to defeat seniors. Yet two Bishop Carroll ninth-graders scored victories Thursday in the City League dual opener at Northwest.

Final high school football postseason leaders

Class 6A

Friday's area high school basketball schedule (Dec. 2)

City League

Thursday's high school results scoreboard (Dec. 1)

Boys Basketball

The Eagle's 2011 All-Metro football team

This is the eighth year for All-Metro teams selected by The Eagle, recognizing the best high school athletes in team sports throughout Sedgwick, Butler and Harvey counties.

2011-12 basketball preview: Heights Falcons

BOYS

2011-12 Basketball Preview: Rose Hill Rockets

BOYS

Kapaun coach has history on his side

The sign on the Kapaun Mount Carmel gymnasium wall says, "The Crusade Continues ... a Legacy of Championships."