Sylvan-Lucas Football’s – Ben Labertew – Coach of the Month Presented by Salina Regional Sports Medicine
By Blake Chadwick After Wilson High School closed a year ago, Sylvan-Lucas head coach Ben Labertew inherited five juniors who would be first-timers in his program. The Mustangs were 7-2 a season ago, and now, with an undefeated start to the season, Labertew and his senior class of six have been seeing everything pay off. […]
Wichita Collegiate Tennis – Team of the Month – Presented by Visit Wichita
By Blake Chadwick Wichita Collegiate head coach Simon Norman is a living legend in the state of Kansas whenever you mention high school tennis. Norman has been coaching for 40 years which include high school for 25 of them with 22 being at Wichita Independent and the last three of them being at Wichita Collegiate […]
Minneapolis’ Hunter Milum – Presented by American Family Auscherman
By Cooper Chadwick The atmosphere of high school football is the most exciting thing for senior kicker Hunter Milum of Minneapolis. Friday night lights, as some people call it, has all the feels, the popcorn and hotdogs from the concession stand and the bright lights shining on the field. The sense of community, that is what […]
Salina Central’s Addison Renfro – Presented by Visit Salina
By Blake Chadwick Addison Renfro is one of three standout sisters from Salina Central. Mallory, Claire and Addison Renfro are triplets who will go down in history as some of the best tennis players in Salina Central history. Renfro started playing at age five when her dad introduced all of them to the sport that […]
Tyler Brown – Presented by Hutchinson Community College
By Matt Browning A 6-foot-1 guard from Derby, Kansas, Tyler Brown was Hutchinson Community College’s third-leading scorer in the 2019-20 season at 12.8 points per game. He shot 43 percent overall and was the Blue Dragons’ second-best three-point shooter at 36.4 percent, hitting 56 of 154 attempts. He was a 2020 All-Jayhawk West Honorable Mention selection. […]
McPherson’s Elley Paulsen – Presented by Advanced Physical Therapy
There have been a variety of injuries that has led McPherson’s Elley Paulsen to go to Advanced Physical Therapy. From her ankle to her shoulder, Paulsen has depended on APT to provide her recovery from her injuries. “I would recommend going to APT for any athlete because each person is very sweet and will talk […]
Peabody-Burns’ Aiden Hurst – Presented by Commercial Tire
By Matt Browning At the very young age one, Peabody-Burns’ Aiden Hurst fell in love with the outdoors. “My dad started to take me fishing now that I was able to sort of learn how to do things,” Hurst said. “I may have not been very good at fishing when I started but I still loved […]
Salina Central’s Mallory Renfro – Presented by American Family Insurance Daran Neuschafer
By Blake Chadwick Three is better than one for Salina Central Tennis. The Mustangs have the rare combination of having triplets on the team. Mallory, Claire and Addison Renfro have been really good for the Mustangs as they have all reached 100 wins throughout their career. For Mallory Renfro, she and her sister Addison finished […]
VOTE NOW! Which Salina Area Girls Basketball Player Should We Feature? Presented by WSU Tech (Poll ends 11/1)
The high school girls basketball season is on the horizon! Be sure to vote in the Salina Area Girls Basketball poll so we know who we should feature in the Basketball Preview issue of the magazine. Voting ends on November 1 at 10 pm.
SAFE Spotlight: Ark City High School
By Matt BrowningAt the beginning of each school year, the Ark City SAFE program has a signup day where sponsor Adam Utt promotes all of the perks and benefits of the club. From there, the club has multiple eventsthroughout the year for the school. “Most of the students in my club were either in it […]