Dean Smith was a member of the Emporia High School basketball team in 1947. Photograph from the school yearbook. Robert Willett [email protected] Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith ...

UNC coaching legend Dean Smith never embraced the hype surrounding his team’s on-court accomplishments. He wanted to be known ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Major changes are coming to Kansas high school football state championship ... Host sites, classifications and game times: Emporia State University, Welch Stadium, 1524-1526 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - High school marching bands from across Kansas will be featured in a special competition on Saturday at ...

Finals—Wichita North def. Maize, 25-16, 25-22. Semis—Wichita North def. Campus, 25-23, 25-20; Maize def. Wichita Southeast, 25-21, 25-18. 6A Wichita Northwest Finals—Manhattan def.

All of that time with her family has also made Koontz, now a sophomore at Newton, one of the top high school girls golfers in the state of Kansas ... Hesston (4A and Emporia (3-1A), here is ...

North Carolina and Kansas share more college basketball history than perhaps any two other schools. From Dean Smith to Roy Williams, Hall-of-Fame coaches are just part of the reason why.

Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was born and spent most of his youth in Emporia, Kansas. His childhood home still stands along tree-lined Washington Street, as does the high school he ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories exploring the storied and unique relationship between two of college basketball’s historically elite programs, North Carolina and Kansas.