During No. 2 Manhattan High football’s undefeated 2022 season, the Indians won five of their 13 games by five points or less.

Manhattan High girls’ tennis finished eighth Saturday at the Olathe South Invitational in Olathe.

Five Manhattan High girls’ golfers set personal records Monday, and the Indians hit their best team total in more than four decades en route to a victory at the Salina South Invitational at the Salina Municipal Golf Course.

Manhattan High cross country placed 10th Saturday at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri, a significant improvement on last year’s performance at the same race.

Carson Spoonts, Jayden DeWalt and Kaison Bigham each scored two touchdowns rushing Friday as Valley Heights cruised by Troy 52-16 Friday night.

RILEY — Rock Creek football held off Riley County on the road Friday night, topping the Falcons 14-8 in a battle of two stout defenses.

The first of Jonathan Wille’s three interceptions ended Hays’ potential game-tying scoring drive in the second quarter Friday night, and it was all Indians after that as Manhattan High cruised to a 49-7 win at Bishop Stadium.

Manhattan High volleyball head coach Nicole Jones saw a lot of good things in her team’s home opener against Mill Valley Thursday, but she said its ongoing struggles were evident in a four-set loss.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer failed to find an equalizer in the late moments Wednesday in a 2-1 road loss at Blue Valley West.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association voted Wednesday to increase the maximum number of baseball and softball regular-season games high school teams can play to 26 after decades of limiting them to 20.

Manhattan High followed up a tough weekend in Olathe with a pair of wins at a triangular in Great Bend on Tuesday.

Coming back to familiar confines can so often bring much-needed relief, and such was the case for Manhattan High boys’ soccer Tuesday in its home-opening 8-0 thrashing of Wichita South.

Two things jumped off the page at Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz as he went over the Hays roster in preparation for Friday’s matchup at Bishop Stadium.

Manhattan High volleyball went 1-4 Saturday against stiff competition at the Olathe South tournament.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer faced a tough weekend in three games at the St. Thomas Aquinas quad in Overland Park.

Things are looking a bit different for Manhattan High girls’ tennis right now.

Manhattan High’s cross country teams took second place Saturday at the Emporia Invitational at Jones Park in Emporia.

Rock Creek bounced back from a season-opening loss Friday with a dominant 32-6 victory over defending 1A state champion St. Marys.

FRANKFORT — Frankfort football took one step closer to its goal of reaching the playoffs for a sixth-consecutive season after a 54-6 mercy rule victory against Washington County on Friday night.

Manhattan High volleyball opened Year 2 under head coach Nicole Jones this week, picking up a pair of wins in the process.

TOPEKA — When Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz looked up at the game clock after his team notched its 34th point Thursday, he could hardly believe it was still the first quarter.

Manhattan High girls’ tennis took second out of six teams Wednesday at the Seaman Invite.

Manhattan High girls’ golf placed half its team inside the top 10 Tuesday as the Indians took first place at the Washburn Rural Great Plains Classic at the Wamego Country Club.

Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz has experienced a bevy of different things during his 15 years at the helm, but he’s never had a team play a game on a Thursday.

Frankfort opened its season Friday with a 38-20 road win over Chase County.

As Manhattan High cross country’s Lucas Holdren approached the final 1,000 meters of Saturday’s season-opening race at Warner Park, a host of negative thoughts entered his mind.

ALMA — Wabaunsee opened its journey toward a third-consecutive winning season on the right foot Friday night as the Chargers racked up 329 yards rushing in a 46-28 victory over Troy.

It may be a hackneyed phrase by now, but there’s a reason “Oh, what a difference a year makes” has had such staying power in the English lexicon.

Manhattan High girls’ tennis churned out the second-best performance at the Junction City quad Thursday.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer inaugurated its 2023 campaign Thursday with a decisive 5-0 road victory at Seaman.

Manhattan High girls’ golf opened the 2023 season this week with a pair of top-three finishes.

After 15 seasons led by Matt Schreiber, Blue Valley football starts a new chapter this fall. Quinton Cravens will take the reins as head coach after two years as an assistant for the Rams.

Before Riley County football fell to 3-7 last fall, the team had not seen a losing season since 2013. This year, the Falcons return 11 players with starting experience and have sights set on returning to their winning ways.

If there’s one certainty about the upcoming Wamego football season, it’s that the Red Raiders won’t sneak past anyone this time.

Rock Creek football is going to have many holes in its depth chart to fill in 2023, but the good news is it has its pick of players from a junior varsity team that went undefeated last season.

You’d be forgiven for feeling like Bill Murray’s character from “Groundhog Day” while reading another preview story about Manhattan High football taking on Derby.

Coming off a building year with young and inexperienced players, Frankfort football will be ready to compete in 2023.

Ahead of this week’s season opener, Manhattan High football took the field Friday in its annual intrasquad scrimmage.

Wabaunsee’s Payton Wurtz took home two medals at the 2023 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, during the final week of July.

After two seasons of relying on underclassmen to lead its football program, Valley Heights enters this fall more experienced and ready to prove itself.

Boxers from around the region will be traveling to Manhattan this weekend to show off their skills.

As fall sports at Manhattan High began Week 2 of practice Monday, the excessive heat oppressing the area this week caused teams that normally play outdoors to adapt their schedules and methods.

After decades of losing seasons, Wabaunsee has turned around its football program under the command of sixth-year head coach Jess Rutledge.

A young woman with Manhattan connections is a national champion and is headed to the U.S. Open tennis tournament later this month.

Former Manhattan High standout quarterback Keenan Schartz is about to take his game to the next level, and he hopes that gets him a shot at the level beyond someday.

The advent of August is not only a harbinger of back-to-school preparations for local students but also of back-to-practice arrangements for local athletes.

Three local junior golfers competed in the Kansas Junior Tour Championship at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City.