Finalists for boys DiRenna Award: Christian Braun, Blue Valley Northwest Javaunte Hawkins, Lee’s Summit North Darrius Hughes, Rockhurst Tymer Jackson, Olathe North Spencer Jones, Bishop Miege

Finalists for girls DiRenna Award: Brionna Budgetts, Lincoln Prep Sarah Beth Gueldner, Olathe Northwest Chandler Prater, North Kansas City Payton Verhulst, Bishop Miege Alecia Westbrook, Park Hill South

William Jewell will hire Liberty North coach Chris McCabe as its next men's basketball coach, sources told The Star: kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

St. Pius X, Pembroke Hill win boys state golf championships. kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

One of the very best traditions The Kansas City Star: It’s the 2019 Scholar-Athlete winners. Meet Staley’s Alana Vawter, hospitalized to the point of needing to learn to walk again, and now Stanford-bound on a softball scholarship: kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

And via Sam Mellinger, here’s Blue Valley’s Alex Totta, who has spent his whole life preparing to serve the country: kansascity.com/sports/spt-col…

Alana Vawter, off to Stanford and The Star’s Girls Scholar-Athlete of the Year, is fulfilling a dream she made after a “horrifying” hospital stay. kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Alex Totta, The Star’s Boys Scholar-Athlete of the Year, is answering a call he’s felt as long as he can remember to serve our country. kansascity.com/sports/spt-col…

Alana Vawter, KC Star Scholar-Athlete of the year, determined to overcome obstacles: kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Alex Totta, KC Star Scholar-Athlete of the year: ‘My calling is to serve this country’ kansascity.com/sports/spt-col…

Catch up with past KC Star Scholar-Athlete winners and see what they’re up to now kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Meet The Kansas City Star’s Boys Scholar-Athletes for the Class of 2019 kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Meet The Kansas City Star’s Girls Scholar-Athletes for the Class of 2019 kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Arkansas about to get underway in the College World Series. Isaiah Campbell, an Olathe South grad and recent high MLB draft pick, will be on the mound. Here’s what got him here: kansascity.com/sports/college…

Three former Kansas City high school pitchers traded on MLB deadline day kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

“Listen, I might have just taken a knee there other than the kid’s from Kansas City. I mean, you have to give him the ball, right?” : kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kan…

"When I told the kids this morning, I had to stop crying for two hours." Year No. 50 will be the last for Kansas City high school coaching legend Tony Severino: kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Rockhurst football coach Tony Severino says he will retire after 2019 season kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Former Park Hill standout Chris Nilsen wins pole vault gold at Pan American Games kansascity.com/sports/high-sc…

Kids in KC are starting to emulate Patrick Mahomes ... and it's not just for fun. They plan to use some of his throws in varsity games this fall. The Patrick Mahomes Effect is very real: kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kan…