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East wins inaugural KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals

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2024 KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals (Photo: Dan Alcala, Midian Shrine Temple)

The East Team claimed the crown at the inaugural KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Fugate Gymnasium on the campus of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. In a tightly contested dual, the East prevailed by a final team dual score of 72-62, by winning five of the final six matches in the dual. The East had a 15-13 edge in individual match wins during the dual.

KWCA announces 2024 awards

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Clockwise from top left: Rossville's Kendra Hurla, the Hoxie boys, Andale's Owen Eck, Olathe South's Nicole Redmond, and Olathe East's Brett Carroll are among KWCA's 2024 annual award selections.

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association recently announced their 2024 award winners, find the list of honorees below:

KWCA Head Coach Of The Year

6A BOYS - Shawn Bammes (Manhattan High School)

5A BOYS - Paul Hansen (Lansing High School)

4A BOYS - Chris Saferite (Rose Hill High School)

321A BOYS - Andy Kenney (Phillipsburg High School)

6-5A GIRLS - Jay Johnston (Basehor-Linwood) & Damon Parker (Washburn Rural

High School)

4-1A GIRLS - Bryce Gfeller (Rossville High School)

Brotherly love

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Walker Tuttle (left) and Will. (Photo: Brooke Tuttle)

Dom (left) and Mikey Matteucci. (Photo: Sara Matteucci)

Ben Marrs (blue hoodie) hugs his brother Jason Marrs. (Photo: Eva Matteucci)

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For the next few minutes, Philadelphia is sharing the title of being the City of Brotherly Love with Salina.

The Sacred Heart boys basketball team features not one, not two, but a zany three sets of brothers on the Knights’ roster on MaxPreps. The Knights, 20-3, face Erie at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Class 2A State Tournament in Dodge City.

Small town jumpers reach new heights

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Clockwise from top left: West Elk's Devin Loudermilk, Sterling's Tyus Wilson, St. John's-Beloit/Tipton's Brady Palen, and Burlingame's Matthew Heckman are all big-time college high jumpers from small-town Kansas. (Photos: Elicia Castillo, Joey Bahr, Larry Staton, Joey Bahr)

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Say “Hey!” to Devin the Dominator, Master Matthew, Brady Bunch Kid and the Sterling Stud.

Together they literally raised the bar for high jumpers across the Midwest at NCAA conference track and field championships one week ago.

And all four jumping jack-in-the-box aficionados hail from Kansas small towns.

Help us find the next Top Prospect!

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Pictured left-to-right: Goodland's Linkon Cure, Coffeyville's Darell Jones, and Lyndon's Kaedin Massey are just few of the athletes who saw their recruitment explode after performing well at SP events. (File Photos)

For the better part of the past decade Sharp Performance, Sports in Kansas, and Kansas Pregame have been at the forefront of discovering the top football talent in the state of Kansas, but we want to take it one step further this summer.

NFF scholarship applications due March 8th

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The deadline for application for the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation scholarship is rapidly approaching.

Graduating high school seniors in Kansas who competed in football in the fall of 2023 are eligible if they have achieved a cumulative 3.0 GPA. The deadline to apply is March 8. Apply online through the following link: https://form.jotform.com/233306615261045

Wrestlers selected for Kansas Shrine Duals

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Clockwise from top left: Rossville's Hailey Horton, Kendra Hurla, and Keera Lacock, Chase Johnson of Minneapolis, Topeka-Seaman's Ellie Ayres, Kaydawn Haag of Ellis, and Sabetha's Colin Menold are among the wrestlers selected for the first ever Kansas Shrine Duals. (Ellie Ayers photo courtesy Seaman Vikings wrestling Facebook page all others by Heather Kindall Photography)

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA) has announced the high school senior wrestlers who have accepted their invitation to take the mat in the inaugural KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals. The wrestlers who were selected, and accepted their invitation, will compete during the KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals on Sunday, March 17th, 2024 at Fugate Gymnasium on the campus of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Gates open at 2:30 pm and the opening ceremonies will begin at 3:15 pm.

Kansas Pregame basketball rankings

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Rankings

Here's our best guess at the rankings after significant team and schedule research as well as consultation with coaches and media from across the state. A reminder, this is just for fun. Fortunately, sub-state and state tournaments will determine who the best team is in each classification in March and not rankings.

GIRLS:

Final KWCA weekly rankings released

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CKS BB scores February 19th-25th, 2024

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Kansas Pregame is continuing its trial run of providing basketball results and top scorers for select teams through the central portion of the state. Check back throughout the week as more scores are updated

Girls:

2/19

Ell-Saline (10-9) - 54
Rural Vista (3-17) - 34

Leading scorers: Ell-Saline - Taelor Hardesty 19, Reygan Schrock 12; Rural Vista - Angie Linder 12, Shaylee Sandford 7

2/20

Moundridge (17-3) - 59
Sterling (6-14) - 36

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