Amanda Lubinski

LIBERTY — Blue Jays basketball is aiming to rebuild as it prepares for a new campaign after losing four starters from last season.Coach Joseph Price and company will look to build off a 16-11 overall record and third-place finish in conference after graduating conference player of the year Zak Aganovic, second-team all-conference guard Edric Binagi and all-conference honorable mention selections Adam Fuller, Braden Kracht and JJ Price.Liberty returns senior guard Kale Mortimer, who also earned all-conference honorable mention a season ago.

KEARNEY — The start of a new season is quickly approaching for Kearney girls basketball.The Bulldogs will look to build off last season’s 8-19 overall record and run to the Class 5 District 8 Championship after knocking off the tournament’s No.

LIBERTY — Blue Jays girls basketball is set to enter a new chapter with its first season under new head coach Aaron Neeser.Neeser, who comes to the program after serving as Park Hill South’s assistant coach last season, will look to help bounce the team back from last campaign’s 12-14 overall record, 3-7 conference record and first-round exit in the Class 6 District 8 Tournament.He’ll look to do so with just two returning starters from last season’s squad: senior forward and Simpson College-commit Izzy DeSchepper and sophomore guard Hadley Gravatt.

SMITHVILLE — With the offseason nearly over, Smithville boys basketball is steadily progressing toward the new season.The Warriors will look to build off a 14-13 overall record last campaign — their fourth-straight season at .500 or better.

Liberty boys swimming and diving closed out its historic season with just the second state trophy in program history in the Class 2 State Championships at City of St.

Junior Whitaker Steward left his mark on the record books as Kearney boys swimming and diving closed out the season in the Class 1 State Championships Friday and Saturday, Nov.

LIBERTY — History was made as Liberty North boys soccer earned its first-ever trip to the final four with a 3-2 win in overtime over Rock Bridge in the Class 4 State Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov.