Local Sports

Franklin graduate Max Clark added yet another cherry on top of his impossibly sweet summer when he was named Gatorade’s Best Male Player of the Year late Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The award is given to the top male high school athlete in the nation, regardless of sport.

Jayme Washel is still about putting out fires.

Every medal Liam Price brings home has its own distinctive story behind it.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series taking stock of where each of Johnson County’s high school athletic departments stand heading into the 2023-24 school year. Today we take a look at Center Grove, which has had more recent sporting success than any local school yet still faces hurdles ahead, most notably navigating independence.

Catching your first fish is a big a deal. Unfortunately, I don’t remember mine and there is no record of it. Chances are, knowing my grandpa, I caught it before I could walk.

Hanging on the sliding glass door leading into his house Sunday afternoon was a poster that Max Clark had made in school when he was 6 years old. Inside one bubble on the poster were the printed words: “I want to be a _________ when I grow up!”

Max Clark has long dreamed of playing professional baseball.

Former Franklin free safety Beau Baker finished his high school career with 294 tackles, but seems game for more.

Grant Sawa has been part of doubleheaders before, but never like the one later this month.

The comeback of all volleyball comebacks continues to age well.