<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0DZX89_0t6CQFVI00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0DZX89_0t6CQFVI00" width="500" height="495" ></figure>Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Central Christian High School and Buhler High School will send swimmers to the Kansas Class 5-1A state championships this weekend. The Kansas Class 5-1A state swimming and diving championships will take place Thursday through Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa (in the Kansas City area).The Class 6A girls state swimming and diving championships also take place Thursday through Saturday in Lenexa.HUTCHINSONEvent 1:200-Yard Medley Relay (Julianna Stivers, AJ Gooch, Makenzie Suppes, Emma BullerEvent 3: 200-Yard IM (AJ Gooch, sophomore)Event 10: 100-Yard Backstroke (Julianna Stivers, freshman)Event 11: 100-Yard Breaststroke (AJ Gooch, sophomore)Event 12: 400-Yard Freestyle Relay (Julianna Stivers, Morgan Most, Emma Buller, AJ Gooch)HUTCHINSON CENTRAL CHRISTIANEvent 11: 100-Yard Breaststroke (Corinne Rauch, junior)BUHLEREvent 12:400-Yard Freestyle Relay (Madison Staib, Shaylin Petz, Aivlynn Ehmke and Reyne Kaufman — alternates are Grace Schmidt, Avery Schrader, Ellie Goering and Addy Tech)Hutchinson boys, girls track teams compete at 5A Great Bend regionalThe Hutchinson High School boys and girls track teams will compete in the Kansas Class 5A regional Thursday at Great Bend High School.The meet starts with field events at 2 p.m. and preliminaries at 5 p.m. Finals will start 30 minutes after the conclusion of prelims.In addition to Hutchinson and Great Bend, other schools competing are Goddard, Goddard Eisenhower, Hays High, Newton, Salina Central, Salina South and Valley Center.According to the Great Bend Post, Hutchinson Salthawk athletes to watch at the 5A Great Bend regional are Christopher Lachenmeier, boys 200-meter dash; boys 4x400-meter relay team, No. 5 in Class 5A with a time of 3 minutes, 25.3 seconds; and Hutchinson junior Terrell King,No. 3 in Class 5A long jump at 22 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Buhler Crusader track athletes compete at 4A regional at Scott CommunityThe Buhler High School boys and girls track teams will compete at the Class 4A regional Thursday at Scott Community High School in Scott City.The meet starts with field events at 1:30 p.m. and preliminaries at 3:30 p.m. Finals will start 30 minutes after the conclusion of prelims.In addition to Buhler and Scott Community, other schools competing in the 4A regional at Scott Community are Andale, Clearwater, Concordia, Hugoton, McPherson, Pratt and Ulysses.Halstead, Haven, Nickerson competing at 3A regional at HalsteadHalstead, Haven and Nickerson boys and girls track teams will compete at the Class 3A regional at Halstead Thursday,Field events start at 2:30 p.m., preliminaries at 4:30 p.m. and finals at 6 p.m.Other schools competing in Halstead 3A regional are Chaparral and Burlington. Cheney, Council Grove, Douglass, Hesston, Kingman, Southwestern Heights, Leon-Bluestem, Osage City, West Franklin, Wichita Collegiate and Wichita Trinity Academy.Hutchinson Trinity, Inman, Sterling competing at 2A Eureka track regionalHutchinson Trinity Catholic High School, Inman and Sterling boys and girls track teams will compete at the Kansas Class 2A regional at Eureka.The meet starts with field events at 2 p.m. and preliminaries at 4:30 p.m. Finals will start 30 minutes after the conclusion of prelims.Other schools competing in the 2A Eureka regional are Eureka, Belle Plaine, Conway Springs, Berean Academy, Garden Plain, Herrington, Hillsboro, Marion, Sedgwick, Remington, Classical School of Wichita and Wichita Independent.Hutchinson Central Christian track athletes participating in 1A regional at GreensburgHutchinson Central Christian High School, Burrton, Cunningham, Fairfield, Little River and Pretty Prairie boys and girls track teams will compete in the Class 1A regional Thursday at Greensburg-Kiowa County High School in Greensburg.The meet starts with field events at 32 p.m. and preliminaries at 5 p.m. Finals will start 450 minutes after the conclusion of prelims.Other schools competing are Greensburg-Kiowa County, Argonia, Ashland, Attica, Bucklin, Caldwell, Canton-Galva, Central Plains, Chase, Coldwater, Kinsey, Kiowa-South Barber, Macksville, McPherson-Elyria Christian, Minneola, Norwich, Otis-Bison, Pratt-Skyline, South Haven, St. John, Stafford and Udall.The Kansas All-Class State Track and Field Championships will take place May 24-25 at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium.HCC’s Charlie Box honored at NJCAA golf banquetHutchinson Community College freshman golfer Charlie Box earned three new honors at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship banquet on Monday night.The freshman from Leicester, England was named to the first team of the NJCAA Central District All-District Team and was named to the honorable mention list of the NJCAA Division I PING All-America teams. Box also was named to the NJCAA Division I All-Freshman team.HCC freshman David Razinskas and redshirt freshman Louis Ross were named to the All-Plains District team.The Blue Dragons are competing in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships at Rockwind Country Links in Hobbs, N.M.KBCA to honor Ontjes, Coombs as Two-Year Coaches of the YearThe Kansas Basketball Coaches Association has named Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball coach John Ontjes and Barton Community College men’s basketball coach Jeremy Coombs as its Two-Year Colleges Coaches of the Year.Ontjes and Coombs guided the HCC women and BCC men to the NJCAA Division national titles in 2024.The awards were announced by the KBCA late Monday night.The KBCA also has set their all-star teams and awards for 2024.The KBCA All-Star Girls and Boys All-Star Games will take place on June 22 at the Mabee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina.The girls game starts at 6 p.m., followed by the boys game at 8 p.m. The KBCA Miss Kansas Alana Shetlar of Andover and Mr. Kansas T.J. Williams of Wichita Heights will be honored before their games respectively.Shetlar will be joined on the KBCA Girls Gold Team by Halstead’s Dominique Schutte and Little River’s Alaina Eck.The Girls Blue Team features Great Bend’s Mersadie Spray and the Silver Lake duo of Mackenzie McDaniel and McKinley Kruger.Williams, who signed with Wichita State University, will be joined on the Boys Gold Team by Maize South’s Michael Kates, Campus’ Andrew Burton Jr., Kapaun-Mount Carmel’s William Thengvall (who signed with Kansas) and the McPherson duo of Cory Muehler and Kyden Thompson.The Boys Blue Team features Bennington’s Eli Lawson and Moundridge’s Kreighton Kanitz.At the halftime of the girls game, the Kansas high school state champion coaches will get their championship rings presented by Jostens, the KBCA ring sponsor.The Clint Hill Service Award will be honored to Ron Koster of Clay Center for his service in helping Clay Center with its athletic programs.The Don Jones Courage Award will be awarded to Nick Linn, retiring Smith Center girls basketball coach.“We are honoring him for his service to the school, his team and community,” said the KBCA. “He had a health issue he survived and came back to coach this past season.”The KBCA Media Award will be presented to Dusty Deines of KD Country 94 and Z 106.3 “The Lake” in Glen Elder for his coverage of area sports teams.The KBCA Hall of Fame Award will be presented at halftime of the boys game to the Wichita Heights High School team of 2011 that posted a 25-0 record en route to a Kansas Class 6A state championship.Kansas State University women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie and Kansas Wesleyan University men’s basketball coach will be honored by the KBCA as the Four-Year Coaches of the Year.Dodge City awarded 2025 Shrine Bowl football gameThe Kansas Shrine Bowl is headed back to Dodge City for the second time in 2025.The Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors announced the 52nd Kansas Shrine Bowl presented by Mammoth will be played on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City.Dodge City previously hosted the Kansas Shrine Bowl in 2019, bringing the event to Southwest Kansas for the first time.In addition to hosting the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star football game, the week of the Kansas Shrine Bowl includes an all-star cheer camp, an all-state band camp, hospital experience event, golf tournament, parade, alumni events, the Friday Night All-Star Showcase Event and more.Since 1974, the Kansas Shrine Bowl has been played in Lawrence, Manhattan, Wichita, Topeka, Hays, Emporia, Pittsburg, El Dorado, Dodge City and Hutchinson.All Shrine Bowl of Kansas Inc. events are produced and presented to benefit Shriners Children’s.The 2024 Kansas Shrine Bowl will take place Saturday, June 29, at Welch Stadium, Emporia State University.</div></body>

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Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson Central Christian High School and Buhler High School will send swimmers to the Kansas Class 5-1A state championships this weekend. The Kansas Class 5-1A state swimming and diving championships will take place Thursday through Saturday at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa (in the Kansas City area).

HHS Salthawk, CCHS Cougar, Buhler Crusader girls swimmers headed to state

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