LIBERTY — Liberty boys basketball guard/forward Jermaine Booker announced his commitment to play basketball at Central Methodist University in 2020-21.
KEARNEY — Kearney boys basketball already had to find a replacement for its head coach, but now the Bulldogs will have to find a new leading scorer.
LIBERTY — Macaleb Hughes, a Liberty North graduate and Johnson County Community College transfer, committed to William Jewell College in Liberty.
KEARNEY — Kearney High School has had a pattern of selecting head coaches who are either alumni or in-house candidates.
KEARNEY — Kearney boys basketball head coach Kirk Stegeman announced he will be leaving his current position to take over as the head boys basketball coach at Winnetonka High School this fall.
{p dir=”ltr”}The Missouri Basketball Association released their 2020 boys and girls academic all-state teams and four area basketball players made the list.
LIBERTY — The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association announced Wednesday, March 25, its Class 5 all-state boys and girls basketball team for the 2019-20 season and two Blue Jays made the list.
KEARNEY — The Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference announced its selections for the Blue Division’s all-conference boys basketball teams and two Kearney Bulldogs made the list.
LIBERTY — The Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference announced its selections for the Red Division’s all-conference boys basketball teams and three Liberty North Eagles made the list.
LIBERTY — The Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference announced its selections for the Red Division’s all-conference boys basketball teams and four Liberty Blue Jays made the list.
The Missouri State High School Activities Association has canceled the Show-Me Showdown state basketball final four for Class 4 and 5 at JQH Arena and Hammons Student Center in Springfield amid concerns of spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus.
LIBERTY — The Eagles senior guard Jalen Perry announced he will attend William Jewell College to play basketball.
Missouri high school athletics officials announced on Thursday, March 12, that it will limit the number of spectators allowed to attend the Show-Me Showdown state basketball tournament in an effort to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
LIBERTY — The Liberty boys basketball team lost to Staley 47-39 in the state sectionals Wednesday, March 11, at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence.
Liberty earned its way to the state tournament by winning the Class 5 District 15 championship in a 71-49 win over William Chrisman on Friday, March 6, at Liberty High School.
KEARNEY — Brennan Watkins spent more than 30 minutes in the Kearney boys locker room after the Bulldogs fell to Lafayette 57-38 in the Class 4 District 16 final Friday, March 6, at Kearney High School.
KEARNEY — Brennan Watkins became one of the rare players to cross the 1,000 point scorer milestone as a junior, helping the Kearney boys basketball team beat Savannah 58-48 on Tuesday, March 3, and advance to the Class 4 District 16 championship game.
LIBERTY — The Liberty boys basketball team proved to be too much for Fort Osage as the Blue Jays beat the Indians 70-47 on Tuesday, March 3, to advance to the Class 5 District 15 championship game.
LIBERTY — Despite leading most of the way, Liberty North’s boys basketball team never played with a lead in the overtime period of their 59-55 loss to Fort Osage during their district quarterfinal game Monday, March 2, at Liberty High School, 200 Blue Jay Drive.
Liberty head basketball coach Roger Stirtz spent the entire week preaching pace, as in keep up the pace. He made sure his team knew that Lee’s Summit had a size advantage, but that the Tigers had also had a game scheduled the night before.
LIBERTY — The Eagles continued their recent hot streak with a 52-44 home win on Tuesday, Feb. 11, over Staley, a team that leads the Suburban Red Conference with a 7-2 record.
Junior point guard Brennan Watkins scored 25 points, senior Weiland Dew added 21 and the Kearney boys basketball team beat Platte County 76-58 to earn the Bulldogs their second straight double-digit victory.
LIBERTY — Liberty North boys basketball gave a complete performance in its 66-45 win over conference foe Lee’s Summit on Friday, Feb. 7.
LIBERTY — Brock Niemeier's three-point basket in the final minute of overtime proved to be enough points to win as the Liberty North boys basketball team held Park Hill South to just two points in overtime and North emerged victorious 48-46 on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Liberty North Fieldhouse.
LIBERTY — Not one, but two Liberty basketball players joined the 1,000-point club during the Blue Jays’ doubleheader against St. Joseph Central in front of the home crowd Thursday, Jan. 30, at Liberty High School Fieldhouse.
Smithville scored big in Excelsior Springs.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Jalen Perry scored 26 points Saturday, Jan. 25, to lead the Liberty North boys basketball team to a 65-55 victory over previously unbeaten Parsons, Kansas, in the championship game of the 29th Saints Classic at St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
LIBERTY — Three tournaments. Three finals appearances. Unfortunately, though, the Liberty boys basketball team has come up short in the last two championship games — at the William Jewell Holiday Classic a month ago and at the Blue Jays’ annual home tournament this past week.
SMITHVILLE — Coming off a home loss to Platte County, Smithville boys basketball coach Eric Bennaka said his team has played well in the first and fourth quarters the entire season.
KEARNEY — Fortunately for the Bulldogs, they returned to the championship game of their home tournament for the first time in a few years. But the run to the finals wasn’t the biggest accomplishment of the week for the Kearney boys basketball team.
LIBERTY — Last season, the Liberty boys basketball team lost on its home floor against rival Liberty North. And the Blue Jays hadn’t forgotten.
KANSAS CITY — The Smithville Warriors took to the court at Winnetonka on Friday, Jan. 10, and made history.
SMITHVILLE — Grandview’s ability to put up points in bunches propelled the Bulldogs to a 83-37 win over Smithville on Friday night, Dec. 20, in Smithville.
LIBERTY — Cy Musser was a St. Joseph lifer of sorts.
KEARNEY — Kearney’s boys basketball team has been dealt the inexperienced card for the 2019-20 season.
SMITHVILLE — The front man of the Smithville boys basketball program has been around the Warriors for five seasons.
KEARNEY — The Kearney boys basketball team could not hang on to a 13-point halftime lead in the second round of the Class 4 District 14 Tournament, losing 49-48 to Oak Grove in the final seconds on Thursday, Feb. 28, at home.
LIBERTY — Whether they sported navy and gold or blue and white, Liberty fans united as one to celebrate Liberty North High School Principal Marty Jacobs on Friday, Feb. 22.
LIBERTY — Crosstown rivals Liberty High School and Liberty North High School battled it out Friday night, Feb. 22, at Liberty North High School.
NORTH KANSAS CITY — Liberty’s Jermaine Booker played hero on Monday, Feb. 25, as he drove through a lane full of North Kansas City defenders to score the game-winning basket with 6 seconds left on the clock as Liberty won 61-60 in the opening round of the Class 5 District 15 Tournament at No…
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