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#KCACProud: Profiling Kansas athletes competing in the KCAC

Kansas Pregame is joining forces with sponsor the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference to profile Kansas student athletes competing in the KCAC. Check out the first three profiles below and look for more athlete profiles in the coming weeks.
Aubry Donley, Tanner Galliart and Hanna White are just three of the Kansas natives excelling in the KCAC. (Photos courtesy the KCAC)

Schlagle linebacker travels long road to success

Kansas City Schlagle’s Manowa Ngenzirabona is the reigning Kansas City-Atchison League defensive MVP and has received interest from multiple NCAA Division II schools. Ngenzirabona’s journey includes stops in Congo, Tanzania, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas.
Manowa Ngenzirabona (#21, left) and Jaylin Richardson will start their quest to lead Schalgle to a KC-AL championship tonight against Atchison. (Photos by Brian Turrel, Wyandotte Daily News)

Deerfield's Rodriguez embraces dual-sport role for Broncbusters

If you blink, you may in fact miss Sheridan Rodriguez. The multi-sport athlete, who plays both volleyball and track, spends time between practice, class and sleep, working at Ross in Garden City. Rodriguez’s obsession with perfection explains a lot of things, like her 4.0 GPA.
Deerfield's Sheridan Rodriguez excels at volleyball and track for Garden City Community College. (Photos courtesy Garden City Community College Athletics)

Football Friday #1: What we're watching for!

I love football, and the first Friday of high school football season in Kansas is a special one. Every team starts the year the same, 0-0, and the entire season lies ahead with every player dreaming of league championships and deep playoff runs.
Parker Gooden spent the last two seasons as the Beavers starting quarterback, but coach Jim Turner anticipated moving him to running back this offseason. (Photo by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

Ayers to square off against former player in debut at Little River

Canton-Galva defensive coordinator Tyler O’Connor played and learned from two of the state’s all-time great coaches during his high school career at Wallace County-Sharon Springs. In football, O’Connor was an all-state player for coach Kevin Ayers, who came to Wallace County from Jetmore in ’06.
Canton-Galva assistant Tyler O'Connor will face his former head coach when top ranked Canton-Galva faces off against Little River and new coach Kevin Ayers tonight. (Photo by Braylee Doughman)
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