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Hoisington takes the win over Larned in Week 2 on September 11, 2020.

Friday night’s anticipated match-up between Buhler and Andover Central was called off Friday night after a player from Andover Central tested positive for COVID-19.

Patrick Mahomes thew for 211 yards and three touchdowns, Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran through the rain for 138 yards and another score, and the Kansas City Chiefs began defense of their first championship in 50 years by beating the Houston Texans 34-20 on Thursday night.

The rematch at Arrowhead Stadium will be the first game for the NFL since February.

Kansas City Chiefs fans who file into Arrowhead Stadium for a masked and socially distanced start to the NFL season won’t be wearing headdresses or face paint.

While being respectful of “everyone’s right to protest for what they believe in,” an Ardmore, Okla. bar announced Monday it’s taking a stand against professional athletes that won’t stand for the national anthem.

Teams across the country are wearing splash shields, a piece on players face masks, that blocks the spread of potentially dangerous airflow and droplets.

The start of the 2020 high school football season in Kansas kicks off tonight (Thursday) featuring the first football game of the year in Sedgwick County as the Hays High School Indians travel to Goddard to take on the Eisenhower Tigers.

With fall sports back on for teams in the Wichita public school district, student-athletes across the city restarted practice Wednesday afternoon.

On the day Patrick Mahomes received his Super Bowl ring, he added another ring. The Chiefs star quarterback proposed to girlfriend Brittany Matthews.

The fate of fall activities for Wichita Public Schools students could be decided Monday night by the Board of Education.

Players have begun reuniting with family members in the bubble, giving them a feeling of home during a marathon road trip.

A COVID-19 advisory committee put together met Monday to further discuss the fast-approaching school year for the Wichita school district. Part of the discussion of the group, put together by Wichita Public Schools Superintendent Alicia Thompson, was whether school sports and activities can happen in the district this fall.

KU Chancellor Doug Girod said the decision to play the first home game in an empty stadium follows advice from the university’s Pandemic Medical Advisory Team. Outside the stadium, there will be no tailgating for the home opener. There will also be no fans at home volleyball matches, soccer games and cross country meets through September.

Longtime Wichita State public address announcer Ted Woodward will add men’s basketball responsibilities to his plate this season, taking over for the late Don Hall.

Approaching a week since the Wichita Public School Board of Education’s decision to cancel fall sports and activities, athletes and coaches across the district have spoken up, voicing opposition in organized demonstrations and on social media.

The American Athletic Conference on Tuesday announced it will postpone all competition and conference championships in men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball until the spring of 2021.

The vote, 45-29, means schools unable to complete in a traditional fall season can play those sports starting in March.

With fall sports seasons likely canceled for Wichita Public Schools, many athletes are left without anticipated opportunities to showcase improvements or to make impressions on college recruiters in game settings.

Wichita's two catholic schools will proceed with fall athletic competitions

The decision also means no in-person athletics or activities for the next nine weeks.

The team said in a statement Thursday that the changes came after conversations with national organizations that work closely on issues that affect Native Americans.

Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has been suspended from working Cincinnati’s games after using an anti-gay slur on air.

KWCH will air three classic Kansas City Chiefs games to get ready for the NFL season.

The football community in Wichita is morning the loss of local legend Maurice Moore, or "Coach Mo," as his players and colleagues called him.

The Athletic Director for USD 259 confirmed Tuesday that fall sports will be a league-only schedule for teams in the Greater Wichita Athletic League (City League).

The game will be played as part of a doubleheader Wednesday so that the Reds can do additional testing after a player tested positive for COVID-19

The indoor skating rink and venue for competitive and recreation hockey is one of four finalists in the Kraft Hockeyville contest.

The Kansas City Chiefs announced plans Monday to welcome fans into Arrowhead Stadium for home games in the 2020 season. The stadium will open to a reduced capacity of about 22 percent to kick off the season, the team announced.

K-State has announced the Riley County Commission approved their request to open Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the football season.