Local Sports

One would think a professional sports contract with the hometown team at the age of 16 would be a winter’s highlight. But in the case of Meila Brewer of Overland Park, the Kansas City Current defender is absolutely giddy about...

A Lenexa-based high school football team comprised of homeschooled students ended their first-ever undefeated season with a national title win in Florida last month. On Nov. 22, the Christ Prep Patriots varsity football squad was crowned the National Homeschool Football...

The key to Gardner Edgerton’s chances of successfully bidding for a three-peat in the Class 6A football sub-state championship Friday night at the District Activity Center was not to allow early success by the Olathe Northwest Ravens. But the Ravens...

With Gardner Edgerton and Shawnee Mission Northwest entering Friday night's Class 6A Sectional playoff game at the Gardner District Activity Complex as prolific scorers, it came as no surprise that the outcome boiled down to a key defensive stop. A...

It's on to the state quarterfinals! Several Johnson County teams are still in the hunt for a Kansas state high school football title. This coming Friday's games will determine who moves on to the semifinal round. Each Friday this fall, the Post...

After losing their title to St. Thomas Aquinas last year, Mill Valley took back the 5A regional championship Friday with a 28-27 nail-biting win. Jags’ junior running back Max Piva and senior quarterback/wide receiver Blake Jay combined to score four...

It's on to Round 2 of the Kansas state high school football playoffs. And there are still plenty of Johnson County teams to root for. In fact, there are a slate of inter-county matchups in both Class 5A and 6A in...

Not even chilly temperatures and a slight drizzle could cool down two fiery offenses clashing at Shawnee Mission South District Stadium on Halloween night. However, by the end of the night, one flame had to be extinguished in the first...

The week leading up to the final high school gymnastics tournament was an emotional one for the Olathe North team. “The last time we clean up the gym, the last time we practice on a Monday, the last time we...

We asked, and Johnson County readers and prep football fans decided! The Post's weekly high school football game coverage this Friday, Oct. 31, will come to the first-round Kansas Class 6A playoff matchup between Shawnee Mission East and Blue Valley...

The Kansas state high school football playoffs are here! This Friday begins the five-week march to the championship in all classes. Nearly all Johnson County schools are in either Class 5A or 6A. (Bishop Miege, in Class 4A, is the notable...

On a rainy evening at the Blue Valley District Activity Complex, the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints struck like lightning to open each half en route to a 34-6 win over the Blue Valley North Mustangs Friday night. On the game's...