Author Archives: Chet Kuplen

Football in Kansas: No. 1 Andale’s Dylan Schmidt discusses coaching origins, infrastructure, community, schedule in 43-game winning streak ahead of matchup with No. 2 Collegiate

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Class 3A No. 1 Andale can move past Hanover on the all-time wins list with a victory Friday against 3A No. 2 Wichita Collegiate. Andale has won 43 straight.

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American Implement Western Kansas Team of the Week: Ashland’s Ben Fox built his own house – and constructed the No. 2 ranked team in six-man

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Landen McPhail is a top player for Ashland, ranked No. 2 in 6-Man

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Ashland head football coach Ben Fox has enjoyed a plethora of roles, jobs and hobbies.

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Volleyball in Kansas: Quinter, W-G, Rossville, D. West among state’s darkhorses; notes, big matchups and leaders around the state

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Quinter has delivered an impressive turnaround behind 1,000 career assists from Cashlyn Kvasnicka and improved blocking and defense.

By CONOR NICHOLL

Backed by Briggs’ return, defense and experienced setter, Quinter emerging as darkhorse candidate

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Volleyball in Kansas: “I love everything about it” – Mulvane’s Karlie Kanaga, back at libero, has set school records in two sports and paced a big Wildcat turnaround

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Karlie Kanaga holds Mulvane school records in volleyball and soccer. Mulvane could finish with the most volleyball wins in school history this fall. (Photos courtesy of Mulvane volleyball/Mulvane athletics)

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Craw-Kan Southeast Kansas Team of the Week: After rare 0-2 start, Pittsburg football with three straight wins

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Pittsburg has won three straight games and stands at 3-2.

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Pittsburg opened the fall 0-2 with an overtime three-point home loss to Emporia and a 15-point defeat to Chanute.

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Football in Kansas: Jett Vincent sets two state marks, Miege ends a 23-year streak in win, La Crosse and Andale each reach a 100 milestone; who else impressed?

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
La Crosse’s Jon Webster reached 100 career wins as a head coach at his alma mater.

By CONOR NICHOLL

Jett Vincent’s state records, Andale’s navigating a 108-0 victory and winning streaks highlight Week 5

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Kansas Kickoff Statewide Radio Show: Week Five

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Join Sean Boston, Conor Nicholl, Matt Gilmore and Chet Kuplen on this weeks Kansas Kickoff Show. Sports in Kansas is presented by the Hurt App, Mammoth Sports Construction, Watco and Jocks Nitch. The Kansas Kickoff Read Story

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Football in Kansas: “Glimpses of greatness” – How a pair of 3-1 teams replaced nearly all its offensive production, lost Week 1, and won three straight

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Cheney wide reciever/linebacker Jack Voth has again for a standout player for a 3-1 Cardinal team that had to replace nearly all its production. Cheney and Hoisington have been two teams that had major graduation
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American Implement Western Kansas Team of the Week: Scott City football enjoys bounce back year

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Scott City looks for extra yards in its 28-14 victory at Thomas More Prep-Marian last Friday. SC has a huge home district game against undefeated conference rival Hugoton this week. (Photo: Conor Nicholl).

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Volleyball in Kansas: How many of the top 2A teams end up in the same sub-state?; looking at new classes, state notes, leaders

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Hillsboro won the Douglass tournament and is ranked No. 1 in 2A. Hillsboro is statistically a top-10 team all classes. It’s possible that the top-3 2A teams: Hillsboro, Inman and Sedgwick, all end up in
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Volleyball in Kansas: One team has seven total players. The other has a new coach. Two programs, 441 miles apart, have enjoyed the state’s best turnarounds this season

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Blue Valley Southwest wins the Tonganoxie tournament last weekend. Sophomore libero Hadley Porter (white) was named to the all-tournament team and was the consensus best player at the tournament. BVSW is 13-9 and has a
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Nex-Tech Wireless Central Kansas Athlete of the Month: Beloit sophomore Addison Budke nearing 1,000 kills; on pace for state history for No. 3 Trojans

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Chet Kuplen
Beloit volleyball is off to a 20-3 start and ranked No. 3 in 3A. Sophomore Addison Budke is closing in on 1,000 career kills.

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It’s simply a different sound when Beloit 6-foot-1 Read Story

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