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College baseball needs more Black players. A tiny Kansas school has a unique approach to recruiting
Kansas Christian College, in Overland Park, is bucking a trend. In a collegiate sport where African American representation is in short supply, almost a third of the private school’s student-athletes in baseball are Black. “It’s been our mission, in the very beginning when I was hired to take on...
These are the top Topeka-area girls swimmers heading to the KSHSAA state championship
The three-day Kansas State High School Activities Association swimming and diving state championships begin on Thursday and will conclude on Saturday. The Class 6A and the Class 5-1A state championships will be competed in the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa. Let's take a look at a few...
‘Run your own race’: Logan Brown could become Kansas football’s starting left tackle
LAWRENCE — When Logan Brown’s 2023 season with Kansas football ended early, due to injury, there was an understandable level of frustration. Brown, who’d spent his first four seasons at Wisconsin, had transferred in with a lot of potential. After all, he was a former 247Sports Composite five-star offensive tackle who was one...
🏊♀️ Area high school state qualifiers
LENEXA, Kan. — The KSHSAA girls state swimming and diving championship gets underway on Thursday, May 16 and will conclude on Saturday, May 18 at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center. Below you will find all of the area qualifiers that will be competing in Lenexa. HUTCHINSON. Event...
This KCK native started his own Black rodeo to celebrate cowboys left out of Western lore
Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Ivan McClellan’s new photobook, “Eight Seconds,” documents the Black riders, ropers and rodeo queens encountered in dusty arenas around the United The post This KCK native started his own Black rodeo to celebrate cowboys left out of Western lore appeared first on Startland News.
Kansas football spring ball: Jayhawks return veteran trio of wide receivers with goals
LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s wide receivers room is set to enter the 2024 season as one of the Jayhawks’ strongest positional groups. There’s a trio of seniors, and the top producers return: Luke Grimm, Quentin Skinner and Lawrence Arnold. The depth extends to those like redshirt junior Doug Emilien and redshirt senior Trevor Wilson. Even redshirt freshman Keaton Kubecka is garnering attention.
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