In a new low, the Coffeyville Journal managed to go 0 for January at covering high school sports. Not one article in eight editions. And with Montgomery County Media now owning the Parsons Sun and Chanute Tribune now they own four newspapers they can make worse.
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Last Friday Nights
It feels weird seeing high school football end in October, but such is life in Kansas where the regular season ends tonight. Most teams will get some kind of postseason play, but the majority of football teams will not play in November.
Mayor orders public bathrooms closed
In this week’s Montgomery County Chronicle, there was an article about Caney’s water crisis. On Monday the Mayor ordered all public bathrooms closed in Caney. The uproar from convenience stores and restaurants caused the order to be amended to restrict access to paying customers only. All of Montgomery County is under some mandatory water restriction.Continue reading “Mayor orders public bathrooms closed”
Getting back on the bike
I had not ridden the bikes all year, but I finally got them off of the porch and prepared them for riding. Coffeyville’s football stadium is about five miles from my house. Unless the high school goes deep in the playoffs, this is the last time both the high school and the college are atContinue reading “Getting back on the bike”
KSHSAA reclassification
The Kansas Board of Education released enrollment figures for September 20, which determines state funding of schools. The same numbers are used for grouping schools of similar size for activities by the Kansas State High Schools Activity Association. The only direct change locally is Neodesha moving up to Class 3A for football starting next year.Continue reading “KSHSAA reclassification”
Headcount day for Kansas
Today is a big day for Kansas schools. The student count on this day determines the amount of state aid each school district gets. It also determines which class high school sports teams will compete in for the next two seasons. Locally, Caney Valley could drop from 3A to 2A. The only other area schoolContinue reading “Headcount day for Kansas”
More softball and hardball
This week the Kansas high school sports authorities allowed an increase in the number of baseball and softball games per season from 20 to 26 starting this spring. This will put Kansas equal to Missouri but considerably behind Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Colorado. This is a boon to large suburban schools which are losing players toContinue reading “More softball and hardball”
High School football doubleheader
There has been quite a bit of talk about the shortage officials in high school sports, especially in football. Some areas in Kansas have had games rescheduled because of a shortage of officials, but not in southeast Kansas. Tonight presents a unique opportunity to watch two games in one day. Altoona-Midway hosts Chetopa in aContinue reading “High School football doubleheader”
Football kicks off
High School and college football kicks off this weekend. The high schools in the area had scrimmages last night. While most states have scrimmages, this has been a recent development in Kansas. Schools have a choice between a three or four team scrimmage, with each school having a total of 36 plays equally divided againstContinue reading “Football kicks off”
News is supposed to be new
Our local rag, known as the Urinal, is a twice a week paper. It comes out Tuesday and Friday each week. The Kansas all classes state track meet was held last Friday and Saturday. Were there any results in the Tuesday edition? NOooo… That’s OK, the weekly Chronicle will come out tomorrow and not onlyContinue reading “News is supposed to be new”
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