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Football and family go hand in hand for Bartas

In 2018, Holton finished 3-6, including a 1-3 record in games decided by seven points or fewer. It marked the worst record since the first fall under 24th-year coach Brooks Barta. He has won 225 games, including three state championships and seven total title game appearances.
Roger, Mason and Brooks Barta stop for a photo after a K-State football practice in Manhattan last summer. (Courtesy Photo)

State cross country results available online

The 2019 KSHSAA State Cross Country Championships are now complete. Find the 1A, 2A and 4A results at Heartland Timing's website here. Find the 3A, 5A and 6A results at Heartland Timing's website here.
The Southeast of Saline boys are the 3A State Cross Country Champions. (Photo: Jessica Sprecker)

KVA names All-Tournament teams

The Kansas Volleyball Association has named All-Tournament teams from this year's state volleyball tournaments. Check them out below:    

Subway Sports Spotlight, Oct. 30

In addition to the cross country and volleyball spotlights below, be sure to check out our football playoff bracket breakdown here.
Clockwise from top left: Mill Valley girls cross country (Photo: Alycia Jiskra, KS Milesplit); St. James Academy's Ellie Bolton (Photo: St. James Academy Athletics); Beloit's Shea Larson (Photo: Stephanie Meier); Silver Lake's Taylor Burkhardt (Courtesy Photo); St. Thomas Aquinas cross country teams (Photo: Aquinas Athletics)

Regional cross country results updated on the KSHSAA website

Cross country runners from across Kansas converged on Regional sites across the state Saturday to compete for a shot at the KSHSAA State Cross Country Championships November 2nd. Check out complete results at the KSHSAA Regional Cross Country page here.
Top from left: Southeast of Saline boys were Regional Champs (Photo: Jessica Sprecker); Regional champion Chapman's Taylor Briggs (File Photo); Regional champion Lincoln's Jaycee Vath (File Photo). Bottom row from left: Regional runner-up Southeast of Saline girls (Photo: Jessica Sprecker); Regional champion Maize South's Alexa Rios (Photo: Huey Counts); Regional champion Hutch-Central Christian's Collin Oswalt (Photo: Huey Counts)

Anaylsis: KSHSAA football bracket breakdown

After eight weeks the Kansas high school football regular season is complete and the opening round of the postseason starts Thursday, October 31st and Friday, November 1st. The Kansas State High School Activities Association playoff brackets are prepped and ready to go.

Football Friday #8: What we're watching for!

Here's a look at a few games we're watching this eighth Football Friday of the season: Spearville (4-3) at South Gray (4-3) There is still plenty to be decided in 8-Man Division I, District 6.
Clockwise from top left: Osborne's Darrien Holloway (Photo by Everett Royer); Thunder Ridge's Reece Struckhoff (Photo by Bree McReynolds-Baetz); Norton's Dante Smith (Photo by Bree McReynolds-Baetz); Thunder Ridge's Joseph Ferguson (Photo by Bree McReynolds-Baetz); Emporia's Riley Wagner (Photo by Shari Beatty); Norton's Kade Melvin (Photo by Bree McReynolds-Baetz)

UPDATE: Hometown Proud Student-Athletes

Hometown Proud Student-Athlete features, brought to you by Citizens State Bank and Trust Company in Ellsworth, Lincoln, Delphos, Glasco and Minneapolis, highlight some of the top local student-athletes in central Kansas.
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