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Hammond explodes onto high school track scene

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Garden Plain's Brooke Hammond (center) started off her high school track career in style earning gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 relay in just her freshman season at May's Kansas State Track & Field Championships. (Photo by Huey Counts)

Heading into her sophomore year at Garden Plain High School, Brooke Hammond has already made quite an impression on high school track in the state.

Records have fallen and state gold medals are already at three. She’s been named to the Wichita Eagle’s All-Metro Girls Track Team and was invited to the Topeka Capital-Journal’s Best of Kansas Preps awards banquet.

Coaches select All-State softball teams

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From left-to-right: Silver Lake juniors Lexi Cobb and Daryn Lamprecht and Wabaunsee juniors Autymn Schreiner and Alexis Hafenstine were each chosen for All-State recognition by a committee of Kansas high school softball coaches (Photos by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

A group of Kansas high school softball coaches gathered nominations and selected All-State teams for each of the state's five softball classifications. The selection committee picked the top 15 players for the first team and the next 15 for the second team in each class.

Check out their selections on our Facebook page:

KSHSAA selects championship sites for fall and winter sports

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The Kansas State High School Activity Association has announced the sites for its 2019-2020 championship games for fall and winter sports.

The sites for football remain unchanged while basketball changed the location of the 2A state tournament to Manhattan from Hays. The biggest change is the addition of girls wrestling.

The inaugural girls state championship will be held at Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina on Feb. 27 — the day before 4A boys state wrestling is scheduled to begin at the same location.

Girls tennis will also see changes.

Busy All-Star weekend in Kansas

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From left to right: Derby's Isaac Keener (Kansas Shrine Bowl), Rock Hills' Zane Colson (8-Man All-Star Game), and Pawnee Heights' Kade Scott (6-Man All-Star Game) are just three of the players who will participate in the three different All-Star football games scheduled Saturday. (Photos by Jared Weinman, Derek Livingston, and Kellan Shafer)

For the first time in its 46-year history, the Kansas Shrine Bowl will take place at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City.

The Shrine Bowl, scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 8th, pits the best high school football players in Kansas on the West side of the state against the best from the East side.

Nominate unsung heroes for Nex-Tech Wireless "Supporting Cast"

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St. John senior Melissa Williamson, McPherson's Carol Swenson and the South Gray Band were recognized as part of the Nex-Tech Wireless "Supporting Cast" for Spring 2019. (Photos by Dick Smith, Cindy Kinnamon and Everett Royer)

Editor's Note: Kansas Pregame is seeking nominations for the Nex-Tech Wireless Supporting Cast. The first ever Nex-Tech Wireless Spring Supporting Cast was released in the Spring Sports Preview and more details can be found in the magazine and the article below. Kansas Pregame continues to expand our coverage of sports across the Sunflower State.

Modrow mentally prepared for final state meet

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Chapman's Aaron Modrow is ready to attack the distance races at this weekend's state track and field meet. (Photo by Huey Counts)

Saying running is a huge part of Aaron Modrow’s daily routine, would be a vast understatement.

As one of the top Class 4A distance runners for Chapman High school, he makes sure to get his mileage in each day. He’s dedicated to staying on top of his diet, getting his proper rest, anything to help him stay on top of his game.

Osborne hurdlers look for state medals

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Darrien Holloway and Afftin Conway from Osborne are two of the state's top hurdlers. (Photos by Everett Royer, KSportsImages.com)

Darrien Holloway and Afftin Conway of Osborne High School have been sprinting with targets on their backs this season.

The target will only get larger at the state track and field meet this Friday at Cessna Stadium in Wichita.

Holloway, the defending 1A state champion in the 300 hurdles and the 110 hurdles, feels like the hurdler to beat, but he hasn’t let that affect his mindset.