Brenton Bell scored 20 and Andrew Crotty grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, but MidAmerica Nazarene's men couldn't avoid the first loss of the season Thursday against MIAA power Southwest Baptist in Bolivar, Mo.
Three softball players from Olathe East's vaunted program took part in a ceremony Thursday in the Hawks' gymnasium, which recognized their college choices.
Winning the Sunflower League for the sixth time in seven years got the Olathe East boys soccer team noticed.
Olathe South wound up third in the final Sunflower League volleyball standings, but the coaches put a Falcon atop the league when choosing a Most Valuable Player for 2009.
At one point this season, the Johnson County women’s soccer team was 10-5 and their postseason dreams seemed as likely as a weekend visit to Mars. “Our goal all along was to go to nationals, because it had never happened here at juco before,” Cavaliers freshman sweeper Mackenzie Smith said. “That seemed so far away at the beginning of the season, though.” Updated: Nov. 17, 2009 6:32 PM |Full Story
The average fan’s eyes follow the football. Statistics are tabulated based on where it ends up, and a team can’t score without it. So, it’s no big shock that it’s mostly family, adoring moms and ever-watchful dads, who keep an eye on the hefty guys making sure the running back has a lane to get downfield or the quarterback has time to find a receiver. Updated: Nov. 17, 2009 6:37 PM |Full Story
(1) OLATHE NORTH, 11-0, AT BLUE VALLEY, 5-6 7 p.m. Friday at Blue Valley Updated: Nov. 17, 2009 6:37 PM |Full Story
Kickers don’t always get a lot of respect around a football locker room. Through the years, the kicker (and punter, for that matter) has been referred to as a non-athlete or non-football player by every manner of commentator. If a returner gets taken down by a kicker, he’s teased unmercifully. Updated: Nov. 17, 2009 6:32 PM |Full Story
The MidAmerica Nazarene men’s basketball team held College of the Ozarks to a 38-percent clip from the field and had a 44-29 rebounding edge. That spelled a 67-55 victory last Saturday in the second game of the Pioneer Classic in Bell Family Arena at the Cook Center. Behind Brenton Bell, who poured in a game-high 22 points with a game-best six assists, MidAmerica improved to 4-0. Updated: Nov. 17, 2009 6:32 PM |Full Story
