Atchison basketball improved to 2-0 on the season after handily defeating Tonganoxie 66-40 Tuesday night.
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Maur Hill-Mount Academy girls basketball earned a bounce-back victory at home Tuesday night 42-28 over Jefferson County North thanks to an emboldened effort in the second half.
Atchison County Community high school wrestling started their season with a blazing start by taking first at the Fort Scott Dual Tournament Saturday.
First Team Offense QB Cameron Johnson — Sumner
First Team Offense
First Team Isaac Navejar — J.C. Harmon
Post-Season Volleyball Awards and Recognition
1. Audrey Bell, Jeff Co. North
Atchison football fought tooth and nail against St. James Academy before the dame ultimately broke in the second half giving way to a 42-17 defeat last Thursday night at Amelia Earhart Stadium that ended the Phoenix’s at 9-1 in the second round of the postseason.
Atchison junior Chris Tschauder certainly didn’t have the smoothest race on his way to a 52nd finish at 4A State Cross Country Saturday at Wamego Country Club.
Atchison football defeated Fort Scott in the first round of the 4A playoffs last season 14-6 thanks to a defensive stop in the closing minutes, no such stop was needed in the rematch last Friday night.
Atchison County Community High School was 24 minutes away from clinching a home playoff game before Silver Lake outscored the Tigers 13-0 in the second half leading to a 41-30 defeat of ACCHS in Effingham last Friday night.
Maur Hill-Mount Academy junior Gwyn Noll earned her 1,000th career assist last Monday night at Bishop Ward in a triangle.
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For the first time since 1970-1971, Atchison County Community High School has captured back-to-back Northeast Kansas League after an 18-6 win over Jackson Heights last Friday in Effingham.
Atchison County Community High School put up a 28-point second quarter on the way to beating Maur Hill-Mount Academy for the second straight season by the score of 54-10 last Friday night at Guy Galley Field.
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As Jonna McDermed was finishing her high school career at Atchison County Community High School she began to have aspirations of pursuing bodybuilding.
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Jesse Greenly put together a performance last Friday night that is hard to call anything but awe-inspiring.
Maur Hill-Mount Academy volleyball defeated the No. 7 team at the 2A level in Jackson Heights for the second time in four days in a triangle at McLouth on Tuesday night.
A late game surge helped lift Atchison County Community High School past Pleasant Ridge to a 36-14 home win last Saturday in Effingham.
Atchison high school football rolled through another Kansas City-Atchison league opponent last Friday night with a 63-14 victory over Schlagle.
Atchison High School crowned Elijah Smith and Kathryn Ross Homecoming King and Queen during the halftime of the football game Friday night.
Atchison football had next to no issues against Harmon last Friday on way to a 72-0 road win.
Atchison County Community football met little resistance in its 48-0 win over Oskaloosa last Friday night in Effingham.
The Maur Hill-Mount Academy volleyball team went 3-1 throughout a pair of home triangles this past week.
Atchison County Community High School senior quarterback Bricen Lee impressed in a 14-6 win over Jefferson County North on the road last Friday night.
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Atchison football improved to 2-0 on the season last Friday night with a 47-20 win over Sumner Academy thanks in large part to a four-touchdown performance from senior running back Jesse Greenly.
Atchison Head Coach Craig Hanzel is entering his second season with the Atchison boys soccer team with hopes to keep building and bettering the program.
Maur Hill-Mount Academy Head Coach Eric Burghart enters his third season as the head coach of the soccer program with the aspirations of making significant improvements from his first and second seasons.
Despite having a new head coach in Ashley Funk, the Atchison volleyball program had an impressive 52 girls out for the sport in the first season of a new era.
After dealing with a largely inexperienced team last season Maur Hill-Mount Academy will benefit from having a number of players returning.
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Despite an incredibly sloppy first half of special teams, Atchison was able to endure and gain a 31-24 victory over Ottawa last Friday night at Amelia Earhart Stadium.
The Jefferson County North football program has plenty of experience returning on both sides of the ball in the hopes of continuing a solid 2021 campaign this fall.
Troy football has its sights set on grabbing a winning record after coming up short the previous three seasons.
After being out of football since 2018 Nick Fuemmeler made the return last season to help out the Doniphan West football program where he was the head coach from 2011-2013.
The Atchison County Community High School football program had its best season in several years with a record of 6-3 and a playoff appearance in 2021.
Maur Hill-Mount Academy football enters a new era under first-year Head Coach Zack Fredrickson in fall 2022.
After an impressive 8-1 season, Atchison football will have the challenge of replacing one of the most crucial units on the field with four of its five starting offensive linemen for the 2022 season.
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After being led by Liz Harris for the past 20 seasons Atchison volleyball will have a new Head Coach in Ashley Funk.
Atchison softball had one of it’s better seasons in recent memory under Head Coach Jennifer Felvus in her first season with the program.
Atchison soccer had a number of selections for KCA All-League and Kansas All-State.
All State honors were recently revealed for the baseball season with four local players earning honors.
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After coming so close to a state title last season, ACCHS senior Keegan Lott finally brought home some hardware to Effingham to close his high school career with a first place finish in the shot put at State Track and Field in Wichita over the weekend.
The Maur Hill-Mount Academy Track and Field head out for state Thursday evening. The team competed in the Boys 4x100 and 400m Friday evening. The Ravens will compete in the high jump, and potentially 4x100 finals and 400m finals Saturday.
Atchison County Community High School sent five Tigers to state Track and Field Thursday evening.
Another slow start in the playoffs resulted in Atchison baseball’s season ending 10-0 against Louisburg Tuesday at Atchison High School.
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Maur Hill-Mount Academy continues to have a successful golf program earning a team berth to state for the first time in six seasons.
Maur Hill-Mount Academy suffered more playoff disappointment with the loss of another regional championship 8-3 against Valley Falls Wednesday night at Baniewicz Field.
Atchison senior Katy Harris will be taking the next step in her athletic career as she is signed on to play volleyball at Highland Community College.
Atchison baseball continued its hot streak with a 10-0 win over Wyandotte at home Thursday.
ACCHS senior Kieran Courter is following in his father’s footsteps after signing his letter of intent to continue playing football at the college level with Kansas Wesleyan University.
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