Carroll boys hold off West's final try
Four-tenths of a second were taken off the clock before the West basketball team took its last possession against Bishop Carroll on Friday, and that's about how late Arnez Jones was in taking the final shot.
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Four-tenths of a second were taken off the clock before the West basketball team took its last possession against Bishop Carroll on Friday, and that's about how late Arnez Jones was in taking the final shot.
Campus snapped a two-game losing streak, winning at Salina South 58-49.
Quantity over quality at the free-throw line helped Souths girls basketball team to a 44-38 victory over North on Friday night in a City League game at Koch Arena.
GARDEN PLAIN Garden Plain coach Sarah McCormick said her girls didn't want a close game Friday night, so they went out and shut out Conway Springs 17-0 in the first quarter, rolling to a 43-19 Central Plains League victory.
Hopes are high for a Southeast High boys bowling team that returns everyone from last year's team.
When Derby athletic director Russell Baldwin was approached about moving the Panthers' basketball doubleheader with Southeast to Koch Arena as part of a City League showcase, he didn't hesitate.
Coming off a second-place finish at the Class 6A bowling tournament in 2010, the Maize girls expected a chance to do it again a year later.
Kapaun wrestling
Girls at 6 p.m., boys 7:30, unless noted
* Both Carroll teams should be strong. Sophomore Hollyann Johansen is the defending individual girls champ in 5-1A. Senior Kaitlin Johnson also returns. The boys will be led by juniors Connor McGill and Andre Morgan, and sophomores Jamel Gunther and Gus Morgan.
Read a transcript from today's chat with high schools sports reporter Joanna Chadwick
Kapaun's boys basketball team possesses a roster full of athleticism, but the Crusaders have struggled to find an offensive rhythm this season.
The North boys basketball team got off to a sluggish start Tuesday night, trailing Southeast after one quarter 16-12.
Football
MAIZE The Maize girls have struggled from the free-throw line so much that the Eagles focused solely on shooting free throws during a morning shootaround on Tuesday.
East coach Ron Allen didn't panic when his team gave up five points in the final seven seconds of the first half Tuesday night.
North used a 17-4 first quarter to take a lead it never relinquished in cruising past Southeast 60-42 in a City League girls basketball game Tuesday at North.
Eight overtime points by Mark Vaughn helped Salina Central defeat Maize 61-58 in an Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I boys game on Tuesday night at Maize.
If each game represents a chapter of Heights' 49-game winning streak, then many storylines have surfaced over the three years of its existence that have made it the country's longest.
In a search for entertainment, people have traditionally turned to the movies or going out to eat for their source of enjoyment.
Today's Games
Basketball
Girls Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Maybe it was the long road trip for Heights. Or maybe Raytown South was just a little extra motivated after hearing all week that Heights was coming to town to run them out of the Avila University gym.
Boys Basketball
Travis House scored 20 points, Michael Riedl had 18 and Trevor Crain added 16 as the El Dorado Wildcats won their first boys basketball game, defeating Mulvane 67-60 in overtime on Friday night in El Dorado.
The clock ticked down, and Heights appeared destined for its first girls basketball loss since the 2009-10 season.
ANDOVER Andover Central exploited its height advantage inside, using 6-foot-11 senior Jorden Kaufman's 20 points to remain undefeated with a 65-38 Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League II victory over McPherson.
Northwest coach Chris Collins has almost impossible standards for his players. He admits this freely.
In his anger, South girls coach Antwain Scales might have found something that works.
Making 9 of 10 three-pointers in the first half Friday, East High's boys rolled to a 58-47 City League basketball win at Bishop Carroll.
As Conner Frankamp approached the free-throw line in a tied game with 10 seconds remaining in the North gymnasium, Gary Squires fiddled with his cell phone in Topeka, anxiously awaiting a text message from 150 miles away.
Andover Central wrestling
Chalk up another high-profile recruit from the Wichita area to Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy.
The Heights boys basketball team's now-annual field trip to Kansas City, Mo., will have a different feel Saturday.
Over the course of five days, the hope of area basketball coaches is that months of training won't come undone.
Mike Gehrer's athletic performance training business kept him close to football, but not close enough.
Big-picture thinking is out this season for defending Class 4A wrestling champion Andale, coach Brad Lies said. Rather, the focus is week to week, with another trip to state far in the distance.
ANDALE Neither Andale or Wellington figured offense would be an issue on Tuesday night, with both teams considered contenders in Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League IV.