The NJCAA is recommending that a majority of sports compete in the spring semester for the 2020-21 season, a change in course from the association’s initial action plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s executive order requiring mask-wearing by Kansans goes into effect on Friday, schools are gearing up to adhere to the mandate with workouts.
The Kansas State Activities Association will release its first set of plans for fall sports and activities on or around July 17, KSHSAA Executive Director Bill Faflick said in an online press conference on Wednesday.
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When Joey Goldsmith turned around after a set of squats, pain fled his body and mind.
The 2019-20 Parsons Sun Sports Awards were, if nothing else, unique.
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When Joey Goldsmith turned around after a set of squats, pain fled his body and mind.
The 2019-20 Parsons Sun Sports Awards were, if nothing else, unique.
OSWEGO — Oswego High School has shut down its summer weights and conditioning program after an individual was possibly exposed to a positive case of COVID-19, the school announced on Wednesday.
Jayla Smith is the fourth Labette Cardinals player to be named NJCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Team in the last four years.
It’s difficult to envision today as a great day with the loss of such an icon to the community. But ask anybody he was close to and that’s what Don Barcus would have said.
The NJCAA and Kansas Jayhawk Conference announced that sports, for now at least, will go on for the 2020-21 season. Now, coaches at Labette are gearing up for some radical changes to their seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHERRYAVLE — The Cherryvale school district, USD 447, is on the path to reopening its facilities one day after shutting them down after a positive case of COVID-19 came from an individual who participated in the summer weights program.
The NJCAA announced on Friday that, as of now, it will have sports for the 2020-21 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UPDATE: The original version of this story indicated that a student-athlete at Cherryvale High School tested positive for COVID-19 based on an initial press release. Further reporting has revealed that it is unclear whether it was a student or staff member that tested positive.
Another former NCAA Division I star is joining the Labette Cardinals women’s basketball coaching staff.
Opening Day for the Parsons Babe Ruth League 2020 season on Monday was symbolic of more than just the start of another youth baseball season.
ALTAMONT — Two Professional Disc Golf Association sanctioned tournaments, one at Idle Lake in Altamont and one in Parsons, took place on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The two tournaments represented some of the first competitive sporting events in Labette County in the wake of the COVID-…
Friday night at Winway Park saw the return of competitive athletics to Parsons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PK Fitness is ditching its affiliation with CrossFit, a worldwide fitness company, after its now-former CEO Greg Glassman made controversial comments regarding the death of George Floyd in Minnesota as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
For first-year coaches getting their first contact with their student-athletes this summer, it’s a race against the clock.
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota has sparked nationwide protests calling for an end to police brutality and highlighting racism in America. Here’s how those involved in Southeast Kansas athletics are responding.
For the first time since March, student-athletes and high school coaches around Kansas gathered for workouts on Monday.
The Parsons Babe Ruth League will still implement various health guidelines and restrictions for its players and fans this summer in an effort to limit the potential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeff Schibi, a former Parsons High School standout athlete who’s served as the offensive coordinator for the last two seasons, has been hired as the Vikings’ new head football coach.
HAYS — Chas Thompson, a former Parsons High School and Labette Community College wrestling standout, announced he was resigning his post as Fort Hays State head wrestling coach.
Reopening guidelines from the Kansas Recreation and Park Association has provided the clearest timeline for the return of sports since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic within the state.
Why bring back athletics?
Three of the six athletic programs — softball, women’s basketball and volleyball — at Labette will have new assistant coaches for the 2020-21 season.
The Parsons Babe Ruth League has canceled its tryouts as a result of restrictions imposed by the new Phase 1.5 of Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan to reopen the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHERRYVALE — Two coaches at different ends of a spectrum — one a longtime staple of the community and another still shy of 25 years old — have been hired to lead the football and boy’s basketball programs at Cherryvale High School.
Kurt Friess, the coach who guided the Parsons Vikings football program to its first playoff victory in 42 years and won twice as many games in two seasons as the previous six combined, announced on Tuesday that he resigned his post as head coach.
How school districts are preparing for summer workouts amid KSHSAA guidelines, COVID-19 restrictions
After the Kansas State High School Activities Association laid out its guidelines for summer workouts on Friday, school districts are now tasked with working with state and local health departments to determine if, when and how the doors will open for weights and other programs in June.
The Kansas State High School Activities Association formally implemented its plans for summer workouts and other activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic at its board of directors meeting on Friday evening.
The Parsons Babe Ruth League may very well serve as the first injection of athletics back into the community.
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The NJCAA, in concert with the NCAA and NAIA, released an update to spring sports eligibility last week confirming that no spring sports athlete would be charged a year of participation. College athletics, along with virtually all sports across the country, were canceled or suspended this sp…
For the third time under fifth-year head coach Mitch Rolls, the Labette Cardinals women’s basketball team saw one of its players earn NJCAA First Team All-America honors.
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Labette Cardinals softball head coach Ryan Phillips ripped into his team, huddled up in left field, after splitting a doubleheader against North Iowa Area on March 11. He implored them to live up to preseason hype that had pegged his team as contenders to win a conference title and play to t…
One of the most gut-wrenching costs of sports coming to a halt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic was paid by the Labette women’s basketball team.
A mental health reckoning is staring down every student-athlete and coach impacted by seasons canceled amid efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
One day after the Kansas State High School Activities Association officially canceled all spring sports and activities in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the association held a conference call to debrief athletic directors.
A decision deemed a formality following Gov. Laura Kelly’s decision to close all K-12 schools through the rest of the academic year was officially delivered by the Kansas State High School Activities Association — all spring sports are canceled in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The NJCAA canceled all sports for the rest of the 2020 season on Monday in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Kansas State High School Activities Association, in response to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, has shut down all athletics and extracurricular activities from March 16-22.
Labette Community College’s athletic department is continuously monitoring the spread of the coronavirus as it deals with a stoppage of play.
A day removed from the KSHSAA calling off the rest of the state basketball tournaments in response to the spread of the coronavirus, high schools around the state are now waiting to learn the fate of spring sports seasons.
SALINA — A season that started with hopes of claiming a state title burned in the most painful of ways on Thursday as the top-seeded Parsons Vikings were upset by eighth-seeded Rose Hill 61-57 in the first round of the KSHSAA 4A Boys State Tournament.
The NJCAA announced on Thursday afternoon that the Division I and Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments had been postponed with a tentative start date of April 20 in response to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus.
The Kansas Jayhawk Conference, in response to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus and following the trend of sports associations around the country, announced on Thursday that no games will be played by any member schools from March 13 until April 1.
The worldwide spread of coronavirus — and the disease it causes, COVID-19 — has started to impact NJCAA championship events as well as schools throughout the Kansas Jayhawk Conference.
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