Local Sports

For Brevyn Cole, an Olathe South alum who’s now a senior starting defender for the nationally ranked UMKC men’s soccer team, the lone remaining regular-season home game on Oct. 25 will be meaningful. But considering the roll the No. 4...

As much as Olathe native Reese Messer enjoyed playing in what she called “big games” last year in raucous Big Ten road environments like Madison, Wisconsin, she admits she got homesick. That’s why Messer said she decided to transfer after...

As high school girls in Kansas prepare for athletics this fall, which typically includes volleyball, golf, tennis, cross country and gymnastics, a new sport is on their radar — flag football. While quite a few schools already had club teams,...

It’s been nearly 30 years since Kansas City hosted the Maccabi Games. Last week, Jewish teens from all over the country and around the world traveled here to compete in the Olympic-style tournament that finished Aug. 7. “Nationally, we’re considered...

By Sam Zeff High school football practice is ramping up in Kansas and Missouri as the hottest part of the summer sets in. As football season approaches, two national organizations last week called on coaches to change practices to prevent exertional...

Family, friends and teachers surrounded Blue Valley North graduate Drew Krystyn on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate as he earned a prestigious Kansas City area award for outstanding performance on and off the golf course. The Kenneth Smith Award, sponsored by...

By the time you read this, England will be gone. The Three Lions, as the team is known (we in Johnson County call them that now, too) play France in the third-place match on Saturday at 4 p.m. Win or lose,...

Cheers and claps echoed throughout Shawnee Mission Northwest High School as alum Keaton Wagler was drafted to the Los Angeles Clippers. On Tuesday evening, Shawnee Mission Northwest athletes, students and adults watched with pride as Keaton Wagler, an SMNW grad,...

When they started their bicycle trek from Gualeguaychú, Argentina, late last year, the three friends did not have World Cup match tickets. They were only hoping to draw some support for Argentina in Kansas City, where the team will play...

Coming off the weekend national championship in the JUCO World Series, the Johnson County Community College Cavaliers baseball players were back on campus Monday, celebrating teamwork and cohesion. Players helped unfurl a championship banner in the college's gym and then...

It's one for the "history books." The Johnson County Community College baseball team capped a record-breaking season Friday night, beating Blinn College 8-5 in the JUCO World Series national championship game in Grand Junction, Colorado. The win secures the Cavaliers' first-ever...

Johnson County Community College's dream season on the baseball diamond continues, and the Cavaliers now have a chance to win it all. JCCC survived a wild game Thursday night in Grand Junction, Colorado, storming back from a six-run deficit to...