Jordan Brown and Aaron Seybold first paid their dues as child wrestlers in the Pittsburg Wrestling Club and later moved onto successful wrestling careers at Pittsburg High School.
The Pittsburg State men had No. 22-ranked and co-MIAA top dog Northwest Missouri trailing by six points about midway through the second half, an upset victory in sight of the Gorillas and the 3,363 fans at John Lance Arena.
The Pittsburg State women fired on all cylinders in the first half of their game Saturday afternoon with the Bearcats of Northwest Missouri State at John Lance Arena and led 56-30 at halftime on the strength of 66.7 percent shooting from the floor and 53.8 percent shooting from 3-point range.
The Pittsburg State baseball and softball teams have been picked No. 8 in the MIAA preseason polls released on Thursday.
The second quarter proved to be magical for the Girard Trojans and catastrophic for the Baxter Springs Lions in both halves of their CNC League twinbill Friday night at Ted R. Taylor Gymnasium.
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale calls freshmen who make a sudden and lasting impact "Diaper Dandies." He's been screaming that catch phrase for at least three decades now, describing every freshman impact player from Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal to Kevin Durant and beyond.
Sometimes in life, decisions are easy to make and require no second thought.
The St. Mary’s Colgan girls led the Liberal Bulldogs 9-5 in the first quarter, then Liberal went on a 28-2 run over a stretch of the first, second and third quarters to build a 33-11 advantage en route to a 48-28 nonleague win Thursday night at St. Mary’s Colgan Fieldhouse.
Most of the time when players sign letters of intent, they look more like Girard’s Tom Castellani than the Trojans’ Matt Perez. Perez was listed in the 2011 football program as 5-foot-7, 153 pounds, but that may be generous.
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