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1 week ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock
Though he likely would have preferred to win the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches All-Star Game, Fort Scott coach Josh Regan cherished the experience of overseeing the Powder Blue squad Wednesday at Wichita’s Equity Bank Park. “When we went to hit before the game, and when we were hitting ground balls and fly balls to them, it’s like, ‘Holy cow,’” Regan said. “It’s just another level. You’ve got dudes everywhere who are just the very best of the best.
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2 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock |Brooke Wagner
WICHITA – Delia Gregory’s tears proved to be as invincible as she was in a one-lap sprint around the Cessna Stadium track. Such were the emotions for the Blue Valley North senior, who completed the final afternoon and early evening of her Mustang career by running the fastest 400 meters in Kansas girls history and anchoring her 1,600-meter relay team to a fourth consecutive Class 6A title at the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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2 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Brent Maycock |Scott Paske
For the longest time, throwing 60 feet in the shot put was clearly the goal for Joey Goodenow. Even during his freshman season when he was only maxing out at just under 46 feet. At that point, the distance seemed so far off. And the arugment could be made that even though the St. Thomas Aquinas junior progressed quite nicely through his first three seasons for the Saints, it was still quite a ways out there even a year ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock |Rick Peterson Jr.
WICHITA – Seasons change, but Ellis junior Avery Boydston’s general feeling about competing in different classifications from her friend and Mid-Continent League counterpart, Smith Center’s Madison Howland, during the postseason has not. “Oh, yes, very happy with that,” Boydston said after winning the Class 1A 1,600 and 3,200 titles at the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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2 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock
WICHITA – As recently as a week before the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Andale junior Rylee Meyer ran the 100 meters fast enough to believe she could take down the Class 4A meet record. But believing and doing are different things. So when Meyer ran 12.06 to win her second straight state title and erase former Piper speedster Danyelle Cole’s previous gold standard of 12.12 set in 2010, her reaction was flavored with a bit of surprise.
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2 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock
WICHITA – Signs pointed toward a 16-year-old state meet record being in serious jeopardy with the spring that Wichita Collegiate sophomore Timmy Ritchie had put together. Ritchie not only claimed the Class 3A meet record with his victory in the 400 meters. He climbed a spot on the list of Kansas’ all-time fastest in the event. The Spartan standout highlighted a four-medal performance at the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships by winning his first individual state title in a time of 47.00.
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3 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock
WICHITA – The home of the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships is in the middle of a multi-year, multi-phase transformation that will modernize Wichita State’s facility for future use. Even its longtime name, Cessna Stadium, is undergoing a transition to University Stadium that will no doubt take time to stick to public consciousness. But however it looks or whatever it’s called, Hesston junior Ashley Lehman is making it her personal playground when it comes to high school track.
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3 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Scott Paske |Brent Maycock
WICHITA – While he waited with his Kapaun Mt. Carmel teammates to receive their second consecutive Class 5A boys track championship trophy on Saturday, Jack Guthridge looked around and tried to put the Crusaders’ dominance in perspective. “If you look at our school record board, it says 2024 and 2025 on almost every single one,” Guthridge said. “I don’t know how we got so much talent. We have 700 kids in our school.
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3 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Brent Maycock |Scott Paske
Tatum Seyfert couldn’t hold back the emotions as she made her way from the discus ring to her father, Casey, following her final throw of the Class 3A competition at the State Outdoors Track and Field Championships. The tears were coming. And so was a long, emphatic hug between father and daughter. Winning the event was nothing new for the Beloit standout, who previously had claimed the 3A title in the event as a sophomore in 2023.
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3 weeks ago | 
kshsaacovered.com | Brent Maycock |Scott Paske
If ever there was a time for the buzz in Cessna Stadium to reach an absolutely electric, pitch late Friday evening was it. With the action on the opening day at the State Outdoor Track and Field Championships winding down, it in all reality was just heating up. No fewer than five athletes were going after their second state titles in their respective event were competing inside the stadium while the most competitive javelin competition of the weekend was going on just outside.
