Football

While Maize quarterback Avery Johnson - one of the country's top-ranked dual-threat QBs in the class of 2023 - was unable to make it out to Monday's Sharp Performance Top Prospect event at Salina's Graves Family Sports Complex at Kansas Wesleyan University, there were plenty of live arms on display.

Thirteen Kansas high school senior football players have been selected by the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation as 2020-2021 scholar-athletes.

Andale head football coach Dylan Schmidt and Silver Lake head football coach C.J. Hamilton have been selected by the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation to receive special recognition awards for the 2020-21 academic year.

The 48th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl is upon us, and after an event hamstrung by COVID in 2020, it is back in a big way with approximately 450 kids taking part in the festivities in one way or another.

The 2021 8-Man All-Star games return to Beloit this weekend after COVID led to the cancellation of the 35th annual games last summer.

Coming off an exciting 2020 6-Man football season that saw scorekeepers putting in overtime keeping up with high scoring bouts, the top 27 players from the 2020 season will gather for kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

Kansas Pregame & Nex-Tech Wireless are joining forces to recognize the individuals behind the scenes who help area school athletic teams achieve success. Administrators, team managers, assistant coaches, media members & more.

The Sharp Showcase was held in Wichita, Saturday, May 1st. It turned the spotlight on several of the state's top players with combine style testing and position specific drills. The day wrapped up with competitive one-on-ones.

*With the Sharp Performance Showcase this Saturday in Wichita, here are the final profiles from the April 17th Free Combine. Many of these athletes will put their skills on display Saturday with combine tests and position specific drills and one-on-ones at the Wichita Collegiate stadium.

*Our apologies for the timing of this third combine recap, it's taken hours of research to find complete and accurate information about these athletes. One more recap is scheduled for early next week.