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The Prep Power Index is now updated with quarterfinal playoff results.Find the rankings at this link (www.kansaspregame.com/content/prep-power-index) or choose a specific classification from the Prep Power Index drop down from the primary navigation bar below the website header.

For nearly 20 years, then Salina Journal sportswriter Tim Hostetter used his Prep Power Index to provide a computer based ranking of high school football teams in Kansas.

“I got a fever, and the only prescription, is more (football)!” Much like Christopher Walken’s character in the legendary Saturday Night Live sketch “More Cowbell,” I’m in need of a treatment. A healing remedy of pads popping, fans screaming, linemen grunting and option QBs...well...optioning.

In the spring of 2016 we gathered 90 of the state's top football players at the Eisenhower Presidentialy Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene to host our annual feature photo shoots.

Parents, would you like to help your son achieve his dream of a college football scholarship? SP Football Academy can help. *(Scroll further down the page for SP FBA alumni profiles and comments from their parents.

As we edge closer to the holiday break the winter sports season continues with starts and stops, cancellations and postponements, no parents in the stands and now with parents, but our student-athletes are getting to play while schools are observing coronavirus safety protocols, and that's what...

All around us the coronavirus is exploding. Hospitals in Wichita and Kansas City report ballooning admissions and fewer available beds in intensive care units. A number of schools across the state are making the switch from in-person learning to hybrid, or completely remote, teaching models.

Forty-eight high school basketball teams in Kansas saw their season come to an unceremonious end in March as the decision was made to pull the plug on the state tournament after the quarterfinals because of concerns surrounding the spread of the coronavirus.

Follow along with our delivery drivers on Facebook and Twitter starting Monday afternoon to find a free copy near you • Find our digital edition online here     Previewing the high school football season in a pandemic creates a unique set of challenges, chief among them is knowing whether or...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that the start of the 2020-2021 school year will be delayed until at least the week following Labor Day. With Wednesday’s announcement, those connected to school offered extracurricular activities in Kansas are left worried and confused.