Wichita Northwest football numbers finally recover following 2020 season

By Joanna Chadwick When Covid-19 hit in 2020, high school sports were affected as the number of participating athletes dropped in many sports. The City League definitely felt it, largely because Wichita schools had major Covid protocols in place, including a mix of onsite and remote learning through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. […]

2024 State football championships recaps and schedule

By Joanna Chadwick Class 6A Gardner-Edgerton 36, Manhattan 33 — Manhattan had a chance to win the game in the final seconds on a hail mary pass from Carter Aslin to JJ Dunnigan to the end zone on Friday. But it was Gardner-Edgerton, which scored the go-ahead touchdown on Bravin Powell’s one-yard run with 10 […]

Friday’s football semifinal results (Nov. 22)

By Joanna Chadwick Class 6A Derby’s season ended with a 31-21 loss to Manhattan. The Panthers, who were unbeaten coming into the game, cut the lead to 21-14 midway through the third quarter. Quarterback Drew Kemp had 90 rushing yards, 159 passing yards and a touchdown pass to Daylen Bledsoe. Both Kemp and running back […]

Friday’s Wichita-area football playoff scores, stats, recaps (Nov. 15)

By Joanna Chadwick Derby beat Wichita East 63-28 to advance to the Class 6A semifinals against Manhattan and improve to 11-0. Derby took a 21-0 lead and then scored 21 more unanswered points for a 42-14 lead at the half. Sophomore running back Arieus Finley scored Derby’s first two touchdowns on runs of 27 and […]