By Jimmy Gillispie After a close contest with Blue Springs South last week, the Grain Valley softball team battled through a tournament over the weekend before earning another home win Monday. Molly Jones threw a two-hit complete game shutout Monday as Grain Valley beat Fort Osage, 7-0. The Eagles had previously beaten Fort Osage, 5-0, on Sept. 1. Abe Scott-Carlton hit two home runs in Monday’s game, bringing hone three runs to lead the Eagles’ offense. The win improved the E

Rockhurst finished third in the Elite Division of the Gans Creek Classic on Friday night. Rockhurst junior Jack McGovern broke the state record with a time of 14:25.8. (photo by Rockhurst Athletics) Rockhurst junior Jack McGovern made headlines Friday night after he ran the fastest time ever by a high school runner on the Gans Creek course in Columbia, Missouri. Under the lights, McGovern paced all runners at the Gans Creek Classic and brought home a victory in the Elite Divi

Photo by Stephen Slaughter (https://skslaughter.smugmug.com/) Blue Valley Northwest senior Jacob D’souza added another victory to his resume Saturday night. Last year’s Class 6A state champ won his second meet of the year, winning the Olathe Twilight varsity boys race. His winning 5K time was 15:17.8 – winning by six seconds. Andrew Claar, Blue Valley Southwest junior, was the runner-up Saturday night, in a time of 15:24. He helped his squad finish fifth out of 20 teams in

The Harrisonville Wildcats won their homecoming game Friday, beating Center for 62-48. (photo by Stephen Slaughter (https://skslaughter.smugmug.com/) Wildcats win wild shootout HARRISONVILLE — It’s been a couple of wacky weeks of football for the Wildcats, but they’ve won a pair of contests after losing their first two games of the season. Harrisonville and Center lit up the scoreboard Friday night, combining for 110 points. In the end, the Wildcats defended their home turf,

Blue Springs senior quarterback Wyatt Erickson threw for over 300 yards and four touchdowns in the Wildcats' 38-17 win at Blue Springs South on Friday night. (photo by Jimmy Gillispie) By Jimmy Gillispie BLUE SPRINGS — Wyatt Erickson made sure his last guaranteed rival game for city bragging rights ended in a win for the Wildcats. On Friday night, the Blue Springs senior quarterback threw for over 300 yards and four touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 38-17 victory at the Blue Spring

Blue Springs senior quarterback Wyatt Erickson dives across the goal line, scoring the first touchdown of the game Friday night. Erickson also threw four touchdown passes in the Wildcats' 38-17 win over rival Blue Springs South. (photo by Jimmy Gillispie) By Jimmy Gillispie BLUE SPRINGS — For the first time since 2021, Blue Springs defeated its cross-town rival in the regular season. The Wildcats did beat Blue Springs South, 29-10, last year in the Class 6 playoffs. Tonight,

Liberty senior Lily Hurt, right, out sprints Liberty North junior Lucy Wright down the final stretch of the Tim Nixon Invitational on Saturday morning. Hurt won the race by less than a second. By Jimmy Gillispie LIBERTY — Two teams who are expected to compete for MSHSAA Class 5 state titles this fall won team championships Saturday at Capitol Federal Sports Complex. On the boys side, Rockhurst cruised to an easy win at the Tim Nixon Invitational. The Hawklets scored 44 points

By Jimmy Gillispie LEE’S SUMMIT — Needing a spark following a scoreless first half, the defending Class 6 state champions were propelled to victory by a sophomore with outstanding speed. Matthew Ahrens quickly put himself on a list of football players to watch in the Kansas City area. On Friday night, he scored two touchdowns – both on runs of at least 30 yards – and helped Lee’s Summit defeat Blue Springs South, 20-17, in the season opener. “We knew we had to make it ugly to

With the first meets of the season just a couple of sunsets away, runners are ready to ready to take on the 2026 season. There are a handful of Kansas City area runners who will be names to watch this fall. There will always be surprises along the way, but here are a few names to keep an eye out for during the next two months. 1. Rockhurst's Jack McGovern enters the season as the defending Missouri Class 5 cross country state champion after putting together one of the state's

With the first meets of the season just a couple of sunsets away, runners are ready to ready to take on the 2026 season. There are a handful of Kansas City area runners who will be names to watch this fall. There will always be surprises along the way, but here are a few names to keep an eye out for during the next two months. 1. Caroline Bowen of St. Teresa's Academy has quickly established herself as one of Missouri's top distance runners and enters the upcoming cross count