As the Varsity Kansas City gang catches you up on action throughout the metro, they take a little time offer up a suggestion for those running the 2019 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships — every girl who qualifies this season should be named to the All-State squad. “They’re trailblazer,” says panelist Troy Chrisman. “They’ve set the stage for all the female wrestlers who follow. This year, this one time, they’re all All-State.”

We’re in the middle of the winter season and there are some storylines

developing. Rockhurst basketball, Liberty wresting and Liberty North and

Blue Springs swimming have been dominant. Both the Grandview boys and girls

basketball teams look like they’re gearing up for deep playoff runs; but

don’t count out another bulldog team— the Kearney girls are pretty darn

good as well. Sit down, take a load off and catch up on some of stories

coming out of the metro area.

The Varsity Kansas City gang isn’t letting a few inches of snow get them

down. This week, we’re talking about varsity athletes donning super hero

capes, giving the ADs some kudos and talking about a few former high school

standouts now taking the collegiate and professional stage. We’ve even got

a post-game interview with former Grandview standout and current Kansas

City Chief, Xavier Williams.

We mentioned this at the end of last week’s show and we’re seeing it in

action now. January is a fast and furious month when it comes to winter

sports, especially for the wrestling and swimming teams. Our team of sports

journalists dives into all the action to pull out some of the stories going

on in the metro area varsity sports world.

The Varsity KC gang was a man short this week as our elder statesman, Thom

Hanrahan, hit the disabled list for a week. Oh, and Cody Thorn — the guy

literally phoned it in this week. He joined the show from the road as he

was headed to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl. This week, we’re catching you

up on holiday tournaments, especially the William Jewell Holiday Classic,

and getting you ready for the fast and furious second half of the winter

sports season.

The Varsity Kansas City Panel hits a few highlights from the previous week

before delving into a conversation on the young wrestling season.

As promised, here’s a conversation between our own Nick Parker and Lee’s

Summit North head coach Tricia Lillygren. The interview was first recorded

in February, 2018 for Link 2 Lee’s Summit.

The Varsity Kansas City panelists start taking a look at the suburban girls

basketball teams and looking at what to expect as the season progresses.

Next week, we’re talking wrestling.

As promised, Nick and the panelists start looking at what to expect from

some of our area boys basketball teams, as well as a little insight into

the other winter student-athletes starting to take center stage. This

week’s show includes an interview with Blue Springs South head boys coach

Josh Smith, senior Caleb Israelite and junior Cade Berg

Fort Osage is the last of our area football teams standing. The gang takes a look at their semi-final win and their upcoming MSHSAA Class 5 championship matchup with Vienny before turning their attention to a little basketball and the early-season tournaments coming up on the calendars.