How Sterling Black Bears do things

Great article about how the Sterling Black Bears allow kids to be kids. Below is a quote from the article: Here is the article link

“We tell them if you’re on vacation, don’t fret missing weights, but if you’re here, you’re expected to be here, it’s just a load off that our kids know our goal for football is to get to 70%. I know some people look at that, and they’re like, that’s crazy. That’s too low of a number, but it’s worked for us, and our kids know, that when it comes to school, we’re going to push you really hard, because most of our kids are two or three sport athletes. In the weight room, during the season, we don’t over-volume them, because we know, that they’re going to be doing practices, and they’re going to be doing different things.”

Sterling has a 24 game win streak, after defeating Smith Center Friday night, 24-18

Life Cycle of Coaching

Rankings October 24, 2026

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Final rankings of the season, with the playoffs starting, now we get to see the real rankings. Who will be the team that is not ranked or near the bottom of their respective rankings, that will surprise everyone this year in these playoffs. For sure it will be some team!

Best of luck to all the teams and may you stay healthy!

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Super 10
1. Mill Valley
2. Bishop Miege
3. Kapaun
4. Manhattan
5. Hays
6. Aquinas
7. Derby
8. Blue Valley
9. Bishop Carroll
10. St James
11. Gardner-Edgerton

6A
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Derby
4. Olathe Northwest
5. Lawrence
6. Gardner-Edgerton
7. Wichita Northwest
8. Maize
9. Olathe West
10. Shawnee Mission East

5A
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
2. Hays
3. Blue Valley
4. St. James Academy
5. Bishop Carroll
6. De Soto
7. Spring Hill
8. Andover
9. Basehor-Linwood
10. Blue Valley North

4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. Great Bend
4. McPherson
5. Buhler
6. Rock Creek
7. Tonganoxie
8. Paola
9. Wamego
10. Ulysses

3A
1. Andale
2. Wellsville
3. Holcomb
4. Hesston
5. Frontenac
6. Cheney
7. Jefferson West
8. Hayden
9. Wichita Collegiate
10. Hoisington

2A
1. Silver Lake
2. Sabetha
3. Marysville
4. Beloit
5. Council Grove
6. Riverside
7. Caney Valley
8. Southeast of Saline
9. Garden Plain
10. Haven

1A
1. Sterling
2. Thomas More Prep-Marian
3. Rossville
4. Inman
5. Jefferson County North
6. Smith Center
7. Olpe
8. McLouth
9. Hillsboro
10. Centralia

8-Man I
1. South Central
2. Wichita County
3. Lincoln
4. Oswego
5. Kiowa County
6. Clifton-Clyde
7. Ell-Saline
8. Hoxie
9. Central Plains
10. Hill City

8-Man II
1. Axtell
2. Hanover
3. Cunningham
4. Sylvan-Lucas Unified
5. Hodgeman County
6. Little River
7. Lebo
8. Quinter
9. Wallace County
10. Dighton

6-Man
1. Weskan
2. Tescott
3. Ingalls
4. Wheatland-Grinnell
5. South Barber

Rankings October 10, 2026

Super 10

Mill Valley
Manhattan
Kapaun
Bishop Miege
St James
Aquinas
Derby
Hays
Bishop Carroll
Blue Valley
Gardner-Edgerton
Andale

6A:
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Derby
4. Gardner-Edgerton
5. BV Northwest
6. Maize
7. Olathe Northwest
8. Lawrence
9. Wichita Northwest
10. Shawnee Mission East

5A:
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
2. St. James Academy
3. Hays
4. Spring Hill
5. Bishop Carroll
6. Blue Valley
7. De Soto
8. Andover
9. Eisenhower
10. Blue Valley North

4A:
1. Bishop Miege
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. Great Bend
4. McPherson
5. Eudora
6. Louisburg
7. Buhler
8. Tonganoxie
9. Wamego
10. Rock Creek

3A:
1. Andale
2. Wellsville
3. Holcomb
4. Hesston
5. Frontenac
6. Chapman
7. Jefferson West
8. Hayden
9. Wichita Collegiate
10. Cheney

2A:
1. Silver Lake
2. Sabetha
3. Council Grove
4. Beloit
5. Marysville
6. Riverside
7. Osage City
8. Caney Valley
9. Southeast of Saline
10. Garden Plain

1A:
1. Sterling
2. Thomas More Prep-Marian
3. Rossville
4. Inman
5. McLouth
6. Smith Center
7. Olpe
8. Jefferson County North
9. Hillsboro
10. Centralia

8-Man I:
1. South Central
2. Lincoln
3. Wichita County
4. Oswego
5. Kiowa County
6. Clifton-Clyde
7. Chase County
8. Hoxie
9. Hill City
10. Oberlin-Decatur

8-Man II:
1. Hanover
2. Axtell
3. Cunningham
4. Little River
5. Quinter
6. Hodgeman County
7. Wallace County
8. Dighton
9. Sylvan-Lucas Unified
10. Lebo

6-Man:
1. Weskan
2. Tescott
3. Ingalls
4. South Barber
5. Otis-Bison

Rankings October 4, 2026

Super Top 10 All-Classes
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Kapaun
4. Bishop Miege
5. St James
6. Aquinas
7. Derby
8. Hays
9. Bishop Carroll
10. Blue Valley
11. Gardner-Edgerton

6A
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Derby
4. Gardner-Edgerton
5. Blue Valley NW
Others: Olathe NW, Maize, Lawrence

5A
1. Kapaun
2. St James
3. Hays
4. Spring Hill
5. Bishop Carroll
Others: DeSoto, Andover, Blue Valley