What’s Up Next area sports calendar
Eastern Jackson County area sports calendar for April 29-30
Karl Zinke
Examiner 2024-25 Girls Wrestler of the Year: Grain Valley’s Jayden Moehle excelled quickly at wrestling
Grain Valley junior Jayden Moehle didn’t start wrestling until she was in eighth grade.
Examiner 2024-25 All-EJC Girls Wrestling team
Announcing The Examiner's 2024-25 All-EJC Girls Wrestling Team
Kenneth Kieser: Favorite smallmouth bass fishing hotspots
Time to travel, and this smallmouth guide are suggestions of places to go. A perk of my 49-year outdoor writing career is fishing coast to coast and discovering the best fishing spots.
Blue Springs South baseball splits first two games in Lawrence
Blue Springs South’s baseball bounced back from a loss Thursday in the River City Classic at Lawrence, Kansas, to win later in the day and then win again Friday.
Shutout puts Mavericks on brink of series win
Thanks to Jack LaFontaine’s stellar night in front of the net, the Kansas City Mavericks entered Friday on the brink of winning their first-round ECHL playoff series.
Mavericks take 2-1 series lead
A four-goal second period, including three in a span of less than three minutes, lifted the Kansas City Mavericks to a 5-1 win Tuesday and a 2-1 lead in their opening ECHL playoff series against the Tulsa Oilers.
Kenneth Kieser: Pressured gobblers need different kinds of calls
By now gobblers in your area many have been pressured by hunters. Your original planned strategy may still work, or it may not.
2024-25 Examiner Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Grain Valley’s Herbert uses strong work ethic to bag another honor
Eli Herbert burst on the area high school basketball scene when he became the first freshman to ever earn The Examiner’s Player of the Year award. “That was a special year,” Herbert said, “because it made me feel like I belonged.” He followed that freshman campaign with a remarkable sophomore season when he missed several games with a staff infection that settled in his hip.
2024-25 Examiner All-EJC Boys Basketball Team
Announcing the 2024-25 Examiner All-EJC Boys Basketball Team.