Author Archives: Chet Kuplen

Wrestling in Kansas: Huge December meets at Basehor-Linwood, Wichita North, Johnson County and Goodland

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Olathe North’s Kaylan Hitchcock, shown last year, was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Ladycat Classic, a major girls’ wrestling tournament. She bumped up a weight class. Hitchcock is 18-0 this season and 56-4

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Basketball in Kansas: Standout teams and resumes, upset wins highlight December; quick previews of key Tuesday contests

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Southeast of Saline’s Eli Sawyers reached 1,000 career points. SES is No. 1 in 3A and has a key game with rival Sacred Heart.

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Craw-Kan Southeast Kansas Team of the Week: Columbus wrestling wins big Arkansas tournament

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Columbus girls are ranked second in 4-1A wrestling.

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Columbus girls are ranked second in Class 4-1A behind defending champion Pratt. The Titans have kept pace with the Greenbacks in the early season. Read Story

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American Implement Western Kansas Team of the Week: Dodge City girls’ wrestling wins big Christmas Clash tournament

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

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Great Bend held its inaugural 29-team girls’ wrestling Christmas Clash competition last weekend. Dodge City girls, the reigning 5-6A state champions, won the meet with 242 points. All five Western Athletic Conference Read Story

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Sports in Kansas: Looking at signings and trends behind KS commits in girls’ sports – notably basketball, wrestling and volleyball

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Class 3A Phillipsburg’s Taryn Sides has signed with Kansas State basketball.

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“Fundamentally sound basketball players”

Hugoton head girls’ coach Emmanuel Adigun is uniquely positioned in Kansas high school basketball. The 6-foot-6 Adigun Read Story

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Wrestling in Kansas: Washburn Rural, Pratt, Hoxie, Clay Center shining in early season

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Hoxie’s Derek Johnson, shown last season, and the Indians are off to a great start. (Submitted photo).

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Washburn Rural girls wins prestigious Council Bluffs tournament – Broxterman hits 100-pin milestone

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Basketball in Kansas: Class 4A Girls opens with a terrific first two weeks; notes from around the classes

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Herington’s Leslyn Kremeier made six treys in a Railer game this weekend.

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Last March, the Class 4A girls’ state basketball tournament received significant statewide interest. Bishop Miege rolled to a title with Read Story

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Sports in Kansas Top 100 Seniors & All-Non Senior Team

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

In addition to all of the all-state lists by class and honors released earlier this week, we’ve released our annual Top 100 Seniors, Honorable Mentions, All-Non Senior Teams and Honorable Mentions.

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Basketball in Kansas: The 2022-23 SIK Potential Breakout Teams – boys and girls, at least one squad from each class

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Maize South and Avery Lowe (UNK commit; with rebound) picked up a big season-opening win against Andover Central. Maize South is one of SIK’s Potential Breakout Teams. (Photo by Kristen Anthony).

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Sports in Kansas 2022 6-Man All-State Football

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Cunningham (6-Man champs) represented well on the all-state list.

Sports in Kansas has released its 2022 all-state football team. Voting is done by media members across the state of Kansas and finalized by Sports in Read Story

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