In addition to Bishop Miege High School graduate Travis Releford, here are some other 913 area players who are participants in the March Madness called the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
With the conclusion of the high school basketball season comes the spotlight on many of the area’s top players. Here are the 913 area squads, as picked by league coaches.
Once again, the Bishop Miege girls’ basketball team is among the top teams in Kansas Class 5A, but early in the season it was a given that the Stags would get there.
Change is on the horizon for Kansas sub-state basketball.
The high school basketball season in Kansas has reached the stretch drive.
He’s not starting as a true freshman, but Conner Crooker is making an impact at Northwest Missouri State University.
The Shawnee Mission North girls’ basketball team clawed its way above .500 for the first time this season by winning Louisburg’s Wildcat Invitational last week.
The Bishop Miege girls’ basketball team led by as many as 11 points last Saturday against Olathe Northwest in the championship game at the Newton (Kan.) Invitational Tournament.
Every East Kansas League boys’ basketball team finished on the winner’s side of the bracket last week in midseason tournament action.
An injury to Wichita North star Conner Frankamp derailed an attractive championship matchup against Shawnee Mission South. Both teams entered the Dodge City Tournament of Champions unbeaten through eight games.
Barely a week into the basketball season, the Blue Valley North girls lost a six-point decision to St. Thomas Aquinas.
Led by sharpshooter Trey Bales, the Olathe Northwest boys’ basketball team is a scrappy bunch – long on hard-nosed play and defensive intensity, but short on size inside and athleticism.
The Blue Valley Southwest girls’ basketball program won only seven games in its first two seasons after opening in 2010.
So what were the most notable high school sports stories in the 913 coverage area? Last week, we counted down No. 10-6. Today, we reveal the top five.
The main course in the Olathe South/Olathe East boys basketball rivalry will be served in late February again as usual, but fans got an a rare early-season taste of the matchup’s intensity Friday during the championship game at Ray-Pec’s Sonic Shootout.
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