Nick Bates Sports writer
Nick Bates covers high school sports for the Chieftain, Sentinel and Dispatch.
Recent stories
- Jags fall to defending state champs
- May 14, 2008
- Defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas never was allowed to feel comfortable Monday night until recording the final out of its Class 5A regional baseball final against Mill Valley.
- Mill Valley wins KVL soccer title
- May 7, 2008
- Mill Valley won its first Kaw Valley League girls soccer championship Tuesday night when it shut out Bonner Springs, 10-0, at Mill Valley High School.
- Thunder finishes second at Butch Foster Classic
- St. James falls in title game at CommunityAmerica Ballpark
- April 29, 2008
- The Spring Hill Broncos defeated St. James Academy, 1-0, Saturday evening to capture the championship in the first annual Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic.
- St. James, Spring Hill to play for championship
- April 25, 2008
- The Tonganoxie High baseball team had only a few hours to shrug off its first-round loss at the Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic, but the Chieftains showed no signs of sluggishness after the loss.
- Opening day of Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic is in the books
- 02:30 p.m., April 24, 2008 Updated 03:29 p.m.
- The Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic is under way at CommunityAmerica Ballpark, and St. James Academy, Bonner Springs, Spring Hill and Basehor-Linwood all advanced to the winner's bracket on Thursday.
- Bonner swimmers gain experience in first two meets
- April 2, 2008
- Bonner Springs athletes began adapting to coach Tierney Thompson’s philosophies on swimming last week by competing in every event. Thompson said she wants swimmers to try a lot of events and said she hopes to build a versatile team of swimmers who can eventually place in a lot of events. She said she thinks that the swimmers surprised themselves with how well they performed in events that they had never swum before.
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Talking points
Do you enjoy going to the Renaissance Festival?
“Not really. I think it’s just hokey, for lack of a better word.”
