It needs to change,
@kshsaa
3A, 2A and 1A schools. Under no circumstances should a 21-1 team have to play another 21-1 team to go to state. Haven’s only losses are to the 2 time reigning state champion by a total of 8 pts.
Haven and MANY others are punished due to geography.
Maybe the grandest upset in NBC World Series history. A team filled with juco kids and schools you may not have heard of just beat the team filled with P5s and that never loses here, Santa Barbara
ROLL NARCHS! NBC champs!!!
While having lunch at the
@HutchCCNews
caf today, I saw a young boy was eating alone at a table for 6. I guess he was with the Cosmosphere camp. 4
@bluedragonsport
athletes (think they were football) got up from their table and sat with the boy as they finished.
Kindness …
Limited fans in Newton ain’t stopping Little River fans. They actually brought a flatbed trailer and parked it behind the east end zone so fans could watch.
KU has the following coaches employed:
Bill Self, 2008 national 🏀champ
Les Miles, 2007 national 🏈champ
Stanley Redwine, 2013 women’s national track champ
Ray Bechard, 2015 Final Four 🏐
Mark Francis, ⚽️ coach, has done well.
But please. Keep saying KU is a one sport school
Worst Kansas season under Bill Self and worst since Nick Collison’s freshman year resulted in 26 wins, 3rd in conference, tournament runner up, 1 NCAA win.
Plenty of programs can only dream of being as good as Kansas’ worst.
1 of the most underrated sports stories around Kansas has been the job Randy Stange has done for the Sterling College men’s basketball team.
Randy hadn’t coached college basketball in a quarter century. He took a team coming off a 2-29 season that went 0-24 in the KCAC.
@BoringMilner
Did you tell Adrian that it’s a good thing you cleared the ball off the line? Because if you hadn’t, they would have tied the game. We had two goals and they had one, so it would have been a tie because that would have been their second goal.
I know when state events come around, and you can't attend, it's natural to purchase a NFHS subscription. I'd do the same probably. But don't forget your local radio stations folks. It's free, and local businesses often support those broadcasts.
One of the most beautiful pictures in history. A Kansas kid hovering over one of the best soccer players ever, who is whining to the ref about how the Kansas kid is being mean.
News to share. On June 15, I will become Editor in Chief for
@VypeKS
. But more important, the senior writer (working on a title still) will be
@joannachadwick
, whom I’ve long admired and respected as a journalist. She’s, quite frankly, one of the best I’ve ever been around.
Final in overtime: Hutchinson 88, Northwest Florida State 80, OT.
THE BLUE DRAGONS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
THE BLUE DRAGONS ARE UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
John Ontjes forever y'all!
This dude is special. Have had CJ in 2 classes. He’s always there. Always does his work. Always participates. And after tonight, I can affirm he’s a great QB too! Good game CJ!
With many folks around the country unable to get into a high school game due to restrictions, make sure you support your local media outlets this fall. Listen to local radio, read local newspapers/magazines. Your local media outlet(s) has you taken care of!
We waited until today to make it officially official.
@josiehallier
has decided to start college at Butler CC, where she will play soccer! More on this on my blog later, but no ... I still will never wear purple.
@KCStar
I took my kids. We got home and my 5 yr old son cracked open a Coors Banquet and chugged it. He yelled “Look daddy! I’m Travis Kelce!” My 8 yr old daughter said “Oh yeah? I’m Taylor Swift!” and slammed a Michelob. We’re now Broncos fans so we don’t have to worry about parades.
In 1994, after a Kstate win over Kansas, the all time Sunflower Showdown was 139-88.
What would you have bet then that Kansas would get to 200 wins in the series before Kstate got to 100? I mean it hasn’t happened yet, but at 199-94 ...
Hutchinson’s Mike Vernon honestly deserves state coach of the year across all classes. 2-7 in each of his first two seasons and now 7-1 this year. AVCTL 1 champion, beat Maize, Maize South.
Hutchinson CC basketball legend Shakur Juiston is leaving UNLV and is eligible to play as a grad transfer. Bill Self recruited him at Hutch. Would be a great pick up for the Jayhawks
Had a JV player in McPherson ask me last night, “Are you Brad Hallier? Like … THE Brad Hallier from Twitter?”
When I chuckled and said I guess, she said my tweets were funny. I’ve never felt like a celebrity before!
@3YearLetterman
Coach, Scandinavia was invented by the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City. So you’re right. It’s not real. And Worlds of Fun isn’t Dollywood, but it’s not bad either.
@Damoonmaniac
@3YearLetterman
Telly, Coach knows his stuff thanks to a vintage globe and gently-used encyclopedia set. And if you can explain this map of Pennsylvania, I’d appreciate it.
Showed my students a 9/11 news compilation the last 2 days. They all knew what happened but most had not seen the horror. I dont believe in fudging what happened that day. The next generations need to see those news clips and the absolute horror of that day.
@S1R1USme
@3YearLetterman
@MonicaLewinsky
Perry, you obviously don’t know who you’re addressing. Coach purchased a waterbed without financing and he owns a suit of armor. That’s legendary.
Patrick Mahomes wins his 3rd ring, he goes to Disney and soccer games.
Travis Kelce wins his 3rd ring and tours the world with his mega superstar girlfriend.
Rashee Rice wins his 1st ring and drag races on the highway, gets into accidents, leaves and scene and gets in fights.
That Kingman 2OT win over Southeast of Saline was incredible. One of the best high school football games I’ve seen. Been great covering Kingman the last month. Best of luck in the 2A finals.
I bet the adult coach who f-bombed a 17-year-old female referee today felt tough. Probably proud of himself . He's sick and pathetic.
Proud of my young Padawan for issuing her first red card, and doing the right thing by abandoning the game when they didn't have another coach.
Josie calls a foul.
Karen, the angry soccer mom: “YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!”
Josie: “Too bad I’m not.”
Parents on sideline: “Ooooooo.”
Josie 1, Karen 0
The
@Hutch_Monarchs
are NBC Baseball royalty. Saturday, the Monarchs pulled off one of the great upsets in tournament history, never trailing in beating Santa Barbara 6-3 for their first title.
Kansas high school 30 For 30s:
Hutch football dynasty
Gary Cornelsen
Jackie Stiles
Little River girls basketball
Kurt and Clint Kinnamon
Miege-Aquinas rivalry
Johnny Ballgame (John Ontjes)
Ark City wrestling
What else? Little help
@joannachadwick
and
@CockyHawk91
?
Getting ready to go live on 100.3 with Nickerson taking on Silver Lake in the 3A girls third place game. Josie came with me, because she wanted to shadow and learn “what not to do.”
#KSHSAACovered
First team forward, and the AVCTL Division 1 MVP, is Josie Hallier!
@josiehallier
scored 22 goals and had 8 assists. She is a three-time all-league selection. She finished her high school career with 54 goals and 17 assists.
An inspiring goalkeeper and man. Thank you Tim Howard for being such an inspiration and great role model for kids with Tourette Syndrome! Thanks for making my son smile, providing him with a lifetime memory and giving him words of encouragement tonight!
How does Mr. Last Chance U still have a job? Here’s what he should do. Make him visit the US Holocaust Museum. Heck, make him visit Auschwitz. Then ask him if he thinks saying “I’m your new Hitler” to anyone is remotely acceptable.
Oh. My. Goodess. Hailey Jackson is fouled with 0.7 seconds on a THREE POINT ATTEMPT.
She sinks all 3. We're going to overtime, tied 69-69.
What do the kids say? Ball don't lie?
@3YearLetterman
@RoyalFamily
@ManCity
Coach, Manchester Unity lost a game to one guy named Bradford 4-0. Can you imagine Georgia losing to a food school like Rice? Would never happen.
These
@Hutch_Monarchs
weren't the biggest, strongest or fastest. Marc Blackim has never demanded a team filled with D1 guys. If you can play, you can play. The Monarchs showed that by beating a team full of D1 and P5s players en route to the NBC title.
Miege coach Lindsay Zych has won back-to-back titles ... with two schools ... in two classifications. Zych coached Lansing to the 5A title last season, and now Miege to the 4A title.
Last 3 games for
@BlueDragonsFB
:
Won at No. 5 Indy 42-0
Won in Wichita vs No. 11 Garden City 49-19
Won Salt City Bowl at home against No. 8 Hinds, Mississippi 66-34.
3 ranked wins by a combined score of 157-53.
Had Hutch gotten into playoffs, they would have won it all.
When I started teaching, the one thing they never told me was how much you end up caring about your students.
The good times outweigh the bad. But embracing 1 of your students with a broken heart after playing in the national championship football game?
Dammit man. 💔😢
Shoutout to all statewide media for bringing coverage of state basketball. From print to digital to broadcast, there are so many talented and hard working journalists who give up a lot of time this week to bring fans coverage.
When I saw Massachusetts cracked the door for high school sports returning in late April, I knew I had to blog.
KSHSAA made the right decision in cancelling state basketball. Now, KSHSAA needs to do it again and not pull the plug (yet) on spring sports.
Is there any discussion as to which Kansas town is THE place to watch high school basketball? Good grief ... McPherson sweeping Derby is as impressive as it gets. Bet the Roundhouse was rockin tonight!