COLUMBIA — Kickapoo head coach Leslie Hanchey took her time when embracing her players after Saturday night's state championship game. The public address announcer read each name on the Lady Chiefs' ...

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – Abbie Sextro tried her best to fight back the tears. The Incarnate Word Academy senior and her classmates had just capped off their four years with a 53-43 win over Kickapoo in ...

With their head coach hospitalized with a medical emergency, the Red Knights won their 14th girls basketball state championship. Incarnate Word hold hands before the Class 6 girls championship ...

Grand Canyon women's basketball coach Molly Miller was observing game film in November when she was hit with a wave of familiarity. Miller was scouting North Dakota, which hosted Wyoming two weeks ...

In a long line of great Kickapoo girls basketball players, Mikayla Pilley became the latest. Competing for championships is demanded when you put on a Lady Chiefs uniform. The tradition of winning has ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The Jefferson City Lady Jays opened play in the Stephanie Phillips Classic with a 60-23 loss Thursday to the host Kickapoo Lady Chiefs. Kickapoo opened the game on a 9-0 run, but ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn–And speaking of basketball, congrats to women’s basketball coach Hana Haden. Thursday, Memphis University named Haden its new Lady Tigers basketball coach. Hana Haden is a Springfield ...

SPRINGFIELD–It’s not quite championship Saturday, but all across Missouir, high school soccer and baseball teams took the field in hopes of winning their state quarterfinal matchups. We begin with the ...

State-championship-winning Kickapoo head coach Jim Pendergrass has departed the Lady Chiefs basketball program, Springfield Public Schools Athletics Director Josh Scott confirmed to the News-Leader.