Andover’s Coulter Rieschick – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Shelter Insurance, Jodi Ocadiz
By Hayden Swope Andover’s Coulter Rieschick has wrestled since he was little, but it wasn’t until recently that the sport really became important to him. “I started wrestling when I was about four or five and was pretty successful from the start,” Rieschick said. “I think that wrestling has always been my favorite sport but […]
Andover’s Brad Trimmell – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Shelter Insurance, Jodi Ocadiz
By Hayden Swope Brad Trimmell of Andover had a record year last season, after taking fourth place at the state championship meet. This season he’s off to a strong start with 32 match wins so far. “I have wrestled for 12 years,” Trimmell said. “I wrestle because it helps me grow mentally and physically in […]
Andover’s Trevor Formy-Duval – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Shelter Insurance, Jodi Ocadiz
By Hayden Swope Andover’s Trevor Formy-Duval has had a love for bowling for almost eight years now, and he doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. From bowling for fun to taking it to the next level, Formy-Duval has been thankful for his years of playing. “I bowled for fun from 2016 to 2019, and then […]
Cowley College’s Yuki Nakamura & Arina Babenko – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Cowley Community College
By Matt Browning Excelling individually and as a member of their respective teams, Cowley College men’s soccer player Yuki Nakamura and women’s tennis player Arina Babenko were recently named the school’s athletes of the month. Nakamura is a team captain for the Tiger men’s soccer team that is competing at the NJCAA Division I Soccer […]
Kaleb Barker, Wichita East – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Hog Wild
By Matt Browning Through just a month and a half of the season, Wichita East’s Kaleb Barker has already made the state cut in two events. But Barker plans on that being just the beginning. “My goals this season are to win state in the 500 Free and break our 2014 500 Free high school […]
Bluestem’s Dagan Turner – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Oliver’s Sports
By Blake Chadwick Bluestem’s Dagan Turner only started wrestling in eighth grade, and now, as a senior has the opportunity to be a part of something special. “Dagan is a great teammate and a hard worker,” head coach Nash Burtin said. “He has to balance work with sports, and that’s always tough, but he’s found […]
Fairfield’s Calen Wente – Athlete Spotlight Presented By All Seasons Custom Apparel
Calen Wente is a 6’5 center for the Fairfield Falcons boys basketball team. Despite a slow start to the season, Wente is confident in his teammates and his ability, as he is averaging 15.1 points per game, 10.3 rebounds per game, and 2 blocks. The senior is a three-sport athlete who has been playing basketball […]
Cheney’s Jackson Voth – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Visit Wichita
From the moment Cheney’s Jackson Voth stepped foot into the weight room last summer before the season, not one second was wasted. He and the Cardinals had one thing on their minds, which was winning a state championship. After Cheney defeated Topeka Hayden 34-7 in the 3A championship game, it made all of that hard […]
Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s Omari Elias – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Visit Wichita
Omari Elias had a dream season for the Kapaun Mount Carmel Crusaders. Whether it was rushing for 3,000 yards, earning accolade after accolade after the season was over or getting the Crusaders to the 5A championship game, Elias had so much to be proud of. But there was one particular moment that stood out above […]
Mulvane’s Koehn Dietrich – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Advanced Physical Therapy
As a sophomore in 2023, Mulvane’s Koehn Dietrich took sixth at the 4A wrestling tournament. It was a really solid accomplishment in his second year of high school wrestling, but Dietrich knows that is just one step in the natural progression of his career. “Individually, I hope to place in the top two at regionals […]