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Plainville celebrates its third consecutive K-18 State Softball Championship after their 13-10 victory over Osborne at the Lucas Ballpark on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Rita Sharp, Lucas-Sylvan News).

Sports Plainville Completes K-18 State Softball Three-Peat

Plainville captured its third consecutive K-18 State Softball championship by outslugging Osborne 13-10 in the title game on Sunday at the Lucas Ballpark.

Jul 14, 2025

Sports KSHSAA Unveils State Basketball Format and Sites for 2026 and 2027

The Kansas State High School Activities Association on Thursday announced its State Basketball Tournament format and sites for all classes for 2026 and 2027.

Jul 10, 2025

Russell-Victoria beat Colby 6-0 to capture the Colby 3A Regional on Tuesday, May 20. (Photo by Jason Drake)

Sports Several Area Athletes Receive All-State Recognition from Sports In Kansas

Four Baseball players and one Softball player from area High Schools received all-state honors from the publication Sports in Kansas recently.

Jul 01, 2025

From left: Former Smith Center Football Coach Roger Barta (left) poses with grandson Mason Barta and son Brooks Barta at a Kansas State University Football camp in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Kansas Pregame via Tony Barta).

Sports Iconic Smith Center Football Coach Roger Barta Dies at 79

Kansas pregame reported on Tuesday morning that former Smith Center High School Football coach Roger Barta who guided the Redmen to a historic winning steak and multiple state championships, passed aw...

Jun 17, 2025

Members of the 1975 8-Man State Champion Luray Panthers Football team gathered for a reunion recently to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their historic title. (Photo courtesy of Kansas Pregame).

Sports Alumni Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Luray's 1975 State Football Title

Over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, several members of Luray's 1975 8-Man State Championship Football team came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic milestone.

Jun 17, 2025

The Northern Plains League All-Star Girls Basketball team celebrates their victory in the State Line All-Star Game at Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School in Mankato, Kansas on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Becky Rathbun, Lincoln Sentinel).

Sports State Line All-Star Weekend: NPL Sweeps TVL in Hoops, Falls in Volleyball

The Northern Plains League and Nebraska's Twin Valley League renewed their All-Star series this past weekend at Rock Hills Junior-Senior High School in Mankato.

Jun 15, 2025

From left: Sam Thielen, Mason Rohr and Max Evans hold up Baseballs after hitting two home runs apiece during a doubleheader in Cimarron, Kansas on March 28, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Sports in Kansas).

Sports Three Broncos Selected to KABC Class 3A All State Baseball Team

Coming off a Regional Championship and the first State Tournament appearance in nearly a decade, three members of the Russell-Victoria Broncos Baseball team were recognized with an All State selection...

Jun 02, 2025

Micky Zorn (left) and her daughter Kinsey Zorn are pictured after Kinsey Zorn won the Class 3A State title in the 800-Meter Dash for Russell High School and broke her mother's school record in the process at the State Track and Field meet on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. (Photo courtesy of Russell High School Track and Field)

Sports Russell's Zorn Captures State Title, Area Day 2 Results Included

Russell's Kinsey Zorn won the state championship in the 800-meter dash and set a new school record that was in her family for over three decades on Day 2 of the Kansas High School State Track and Fiel...

May 31, 2025

Russell's Jaden Ney poses with her medal after finishing tied for sixth place and setting a new school record in the Pole Vault at the Class 3A State Track Meet at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas on May 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Nicale Ney)

Sports Ney's School Record Highlights Day 1 for Broncos at State Track

The Kansas State High School Activities Association's 2025 State Track meet got underway Friday at sun-splashed Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University.

May 30, 2025

The Russell-Victoria Broncos make their way to the field at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas for their Class 3A State Quarterfinal game against Humboldt on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (Staff photo by Erik Stone).

Sports Humboldt Rally Ousts Broncos From Class 3A Tourney

MANHATTAN-Staked to an early 3-1 lead, the Russell-Victoria Baseball team could not hold on and saw their season end in a 10-3 loss to Humboldt in the first round of the Class 3A State Tournament, Thu...

May 29, 2025

Russell High School golfer Jake Mooney is flanked by his coaches Marshall Woolf (left) and Toby Woolf after finishing tied for 15th place at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City, Kansas (Photo courtesy of Brent Mooney).

Sports Mooney Caps Season With 15th Place Finish at State Golf

Russell High School golfer Jake Mooney shaved three strokes off his first day score to finish with a two-day total of 159, good enough for a 15th place tie at the Class 3A State Tournament at Buffalo ...

May 28, 2025

Russell-Victoria's Jake Mooney takes a swing during the Class 3A Regional at Sugar Hills Golf Club in Goodland, Kansas on Monday, May 19, 2025. Mooney finished second and qualified for this third consecutive Class 3A State Tournament. (Photo courtesy of Brent Mooney).

Sports Mooney Makes Cut, Advances to Day 2 at State Golf

Russell High School golfer Jake Mooney, motivated by missing the cut at last year's Class 3A State Tournament made sure his outing would be different this time around.

May 27, 2025

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