The final week of the 2020 Kansas high school football season wrapped up Friday night and the playoff field is set following wins from Basehor-Linwood and Leavenworth.The Bobcats defeated Pittsburg at home by a score of 27-10 to finish the regular season 5-3.Basehor quarterback Isaac Stanton and wide receiver Jordan Brown connected on two touchdowns of two and 12 yards to give the Bobcats a 13-0 lead. Stanton later found Chants Nelson from 32 yards out for his third [...]
Football roundup: Bobcats, Pioneers pick up wins ahead of playoffs
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Prep roundup: Lady Lions punch ticket to final four
For the fourth straight season, Lansing volleyball (26-1) is one of four teams still alive in the 5A state tournament after the Lady Lions defeated Seaman for the third time this season in four sets (25-23, 25-9, 16-25, 25-18) Wednesday at Lansing High School.The Lady Lions now advance to the state semifinals Saturday at Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina where they will face each of the other three semifinalists – Bishop Carroll, Maize South and Saint Thomas Aquinas [...]
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Football roundup: Bobcats, Lions, Pioneers advance to second round
The first round of the Kansas high school football playoffs kicked off Friday with Basehor-Linwood (6-3), Lansing (5-3) and Leavenworth (4-3) all moving on to the next round.The Bobcats were at home against Atchison and opened a 21-0 lead in the first half. Quarterback Isaac Stanton found junior wide receiver Jordan Brown twice for touchdowns of three and 23 yards followed by a touchdown pass to Brant Wilson from 31 yards out.The Redmen responded with two-straight [...]
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Lansing rebounds for runner-up finish at state
After a less than ideal start to pool play in the final four of the 5A state volleyball playoffs, Lansing flipped the script and earned a runner-up finish in head coach Lindsay Zych’s first season at the head of the program.The Lady Lions dropped their opening match to Wichita Bishop Carroll (25-22, 25-23) in close fashion followed by a loss to St. Thomas Aquinas in three sets (20-25, 25-20, 25-23) before pulling out a two-set win against Maize South (25-22, 28-26) to earn [...]
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Playoff preview: Pioneers, Bobcats, Lions face tough tests in second round
The second round of the Kansas high school football playoffs kicks off Friday night with Leavenworth (4-3) in the 5A bracket as well as Lansing (5-3) and Basehor-Linwood (6-3) in the 4A bracket. The Pioneers will face United Kansas Conference champions De Soto in a rematch of the two team’s 35-28 game earlier in the season that went in the Wildcats’ favor. Leavenworth is coming off a 62-15 defeat of Topeka West in the first round that saw sophomore quarterback Eddie [...]
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Playoff roundup: Bobcats advance, Lions and Pioneers eliminated
Basehor-Linwood High School advanced to the third round of the Kansas 4A high school football playoffs with a 19-12 win over Eudora in a defensive battle the Bobcats are not normally accustomed to.Both teams mustered just over 300 yards of offense a piece in a game that was scoreless in the first and third quarters.The Cardinals opened the scoring in the second quarter but failed the two-point conversion to lead 6-0. The Bobcats dipped into their bag of tricks to get on [...]
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Local athletes honored by UKC for boy’s soccer
The United Kansas Conference released its all-conference team honors for the 2020 boy’s soccer season Tuesday with local athletes from Leavenworth, Lansing and Basehor-Linwood earning recognition.Leavenworth’s Will Ayers and Alex Mateski represented the Pioneers on the first team along with Lansing’s Chris Rincon-Berroa.The Lions had a strong showing on the second team with Vianney Verzola, Saleh Hamedah, Brandon Copeland and Kyle Boian. Basehor- [...]
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Bobcats face Thunder in rematch for semifinal spot
Basehor-Linwood football (7-3) will look to punch its ticket to the semifinal round of the Kansas 4A state playoffs Friday against St. James Academy (5-4) at Kiester Field.The two teams previously faced off in September with the Thunder coming out on top 42-35.The Bobcats are coming off a grind-it-out win against Eudora that saw a normally potent offense muster just 19 points.Quarterback Isaac Stanton is coming off a rare three-interception game but has [...]
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Seven from Pleasant Ridge football make all-conference list
The Northeast Kansas League released its postseason honors for the 2020 football season Thursday and seven athletes from Pleasant Ridge High School were honored.Junior wide receiver Devin Stutz was the Ram’s lone first-team selection. Senior quarterback Conor Gibson was a second-team selection. Senior running back Jake Heckman, linebacker Aiden Williams and defensive back Nathan Wilburn also earned second-team honors.Defensive lineman Lucas Beying and wide [...]
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Bobcats fall to Thunder in sectional championship
A strong start wasn’t enough Friday for Basehor-Linwood high school football as the Bobcats were defeated by St. James Academy 56-35 in the sectional championship at Kiester Field.The Bobcats opened the scoring when junior running back Zack Sisemore scored from one yard out to lead 7-0 after the first quarter.The Thunder responded in the second quarter with three unanswered touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead into the half.The Bobcats cut the deficit to one [...]
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Local schools represented on All-UKC football list
The United Kansas Conference released its list of postseason honors last week at the conclusion of the conference’s football season with multiple athletes from Basehor-Linwood, Lansing and Leavenworth earning recognition.Here is the list of athletes to earn first tteam, second team or honorable mention awards on offense, defense or special teams:First-team offenseBasehor junior Zack Sisemore and Leavenworth senior Keenan Brown secured [...]
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KSHSAA Board of Directors vote to start winter activities on time
The 2020-21 Kansas winter sports season won’t have the exact same look as years past.But after appearing to be in partial jeopardy of even being held at all because of rising COVID-19 concerns and following a proposal sent forth last week by the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s Executive Board, the season will indeed begin on time. And in large part it will resemble seasons past.At Tuesday’s special KSHSAA Board of Directors meeting [...]
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Hoops roundup: Jackson, Benson lead Lions to opening win
After weeks of uncertainty, the winter high school athletic season kicked off Friday for schools in Leavenworth County with three schools in action for basketball and the Leavenworth Challenger wrestling tournament Saturday.Lansing opened its basketball schedule with a United Kansas Conference matchup against De Soto Friday.The Wildcats took an early 4-0 lead off the tip, but senior guard Malik Benson reeled off six straight points to tie the game at six. Senior guard [...]
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Lady Bobcats earn multiple firsts at Emporia Tournament
Basehor-Linwood girl’s wrestling kicked off its season Saturday at Emporia High School and took home a handful of first-place medals in the process.Olivia O’Donnell won both of her matches in the 115-pound class by pin to finish first.Jill Wallace had similar success in the 138-pound class, winning her final match by fall in less than 15 seconds.Cadence Christenson also defeated both of her opponents in the 155-pound class to take first-place. [...]
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Bobcats cruise to opening win behind Brown’s big night
Jordan Brown wasted no time picking up where he left off at the end of the 2019-20 season that was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic when he took the court for Basehor-Linwood High School’s boy’s basketball season opener against Piper Monday.The junior guard scored 27 points and looked unstoppable at times in the Bobcats’ (1-0) 64-46 win in their home gym.Brown knocked down back-to-back shots to start the game, giving Basehor an early 5-0 lead. The [...]
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Former KSHSAA executive director Pearce dies
Kaye Pearce, who spent 20 years on the staff of the Kansas State High School Activities Association, including four years as the executive director, died Sunday at his home in Bella Vista, Arkansas, at the age of 85.Pearce joined the KSHSAA staff in 1976 as an administrative assistant before moving up to an associate director position in 1989. He served as an administrator for numerous activities, most notably, football, basketball and track and field before serving as the [...]
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Lady Bobcats overcome slow third quarter for first win
Basehor-Linwood girl’s basketball (1-1) picked up its first win of the season with a 46-36 defeat of Lincoln Prep (Mo.) in the consolation bracket of the Liberty North Invitational Tournament Wednesday at Liberty North High School.The game proved to be a back-and-forth affair as the Lady Bobcats jumped out to an early first quarter lead, only to have the Blue Tigers storm back pull ahead in the third quarter before Basehor responded and closed out the game.The [...]
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Veteran group leads Lions into uncertain season
Lansing boy’s basketball is treating this year like any other despite all of the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and that attitude was on full display in a season-opening 58-45 win against De Soto on Dec. 4.The Lions (1-0) took the lead in the opening minutes and never looked back, leading by as many as 20 at points in both halves. The Lions were led by senior guards Malik Benson and Jake Jackson, who both carved up the Wildcats’ defense, scoring 24 and 21 [...]
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Preps roundup: Lady Pioneers get first win, Bobcats fall in quarterfinals
Basehor-Linwood boy’s basketball suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of Liberty High School Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Liberty North Invitational at Liberty North High School.The Bobcats (1-1) opened the scoring on a three-point shot from junior Carter Bergman. The Blue Jays pulled ahead but Bergman found the basket again to keep the score tied. After that, Brown began to take over scoring Basehor’s next 16 points but it wasn’t enough to [...]
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Basehor-Linwood's Stallbaumer among assistant coaches named to 2021 Shrine Bowl
The Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors announced the assistant coaches for the 2021 Kansas Shrine Bowl.The assistant coaches are chosen based on the success of their season, as well as eligibility limitations and coach availability. The coaching staffs for the 48th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl features 14 of the most talented and respected coaches in the state. The 48th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl will be played 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Hutchinson Community College’s [...]
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