Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School announced Tuesday that it had hired Steve Eck as its new head boys basketball coach for the 2021-2022 school year.
In Maize’s first appearance in a boys state championship game in program history, the Eagles rolled to a 55-43 victory over Topeka West in the 5A championship, bringing home the program’s first title.
Saturday at Barton Community College, Central Plains outlasted Cunningham 39-35 to capture that elusive seventh-straight championship, this time in Class 1A, Div. II.
Mason Madsen had a team-high 10 points for short-handed Cincinnati, which overcame missing its last three free-throw attempts and held on to beat top-seeded Wichita State 60-59 on Saturday to advance to its fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.
Elyria outscored the Tigers 25-11 in the final 10 minutes of action to advance to Saturday’s state championship game with a 55-42 win. The Eagles will play No. 1 seed Hanover.