Riverton moves up to 4A

Sports

Discussion

September 30, 2008

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Tue Sep 30, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT

From staff reports

sports@joplinglobe.com

The difference is only eight students in the enrollments between Riverton and Baxter Springs high schools.

Nevertheless, Riverton has been moved up to Class 4A for winter and spring sports competition this school year.

Enrollment figures, based on the 10th, 11th and 12th grades as of Sept. 22, were announced Tuesday by the Kansas State High School Activities Association.

Riverton, with an enrollment of 197, is the third smallest school in 4A, ahead of Scott City-Scott Community (196) and Wichita Independent (195).

Baxter Spring’s enrollment of 189 makes the Lions the seventh biggest school in 3A, behind Pleasant Ridge (194), Halstead (194), Larned (192), Marysville (192) Fredonia (191) and Silver Lake (190).

Pittsburg, at 550 students, remains one of the smallest 5A schools.

The state’s biggest school is Wichita East (1,559), and the smallest is St. Xavier of Junction City (16).

The classification breakdown has 32 schools in 6A and 5A, 64 schools in 4A through 2A and the remaining 101 schools in 1A.

Kansas enrollments

Enrollment figures as of Sept. 22, 2008, in grades 10, 11 and 12:

Class 5A

(Range: 993-510)

Pittsburg 550

Class 4A

(Range 503-195)

Chanute 462

Fort Scott 458

Labette County 422

Independence 416

Coffeyville 393

Parsons 329

Iola 306

Columbus 279

Girard 240

Riverton 197

Class 3A

(Range: 194-122)

Baxter Springs 189

Southeast 172

Frontenac 152

Galena 151

Erie 145

Class 2A

(Range: 121-81)

Northeast 112

St. Mary’s-Colgan 101

Oswego 93

Class 1A

(Range: 80-16)

Chetopa 72

Text Only

Sports

Hornets' late charities sting Joplin
Springfield Hillcrest overcame a one-point Joplin lead by making eight of 10 free throws late in the fourth quarter and defeated the Eagles 64-56 Tuesday night at Young Gymnasium.

February 8, 2012 4 Photos
Williams, Lions entertain Gorillas
Time certainly flies when you’re having fun.
Just ask Missouri Southern guard T.J. Williams.

February 8, 2012 1 Photo
MSSU women face league-leading Pittsburg State
After three frustrating losses, the smiles returned to the faces of Missouri Southern’s women’s basketball team with Saturday night’s 83-73 victory over Missouri Western.

February 8, 2012
Brown sparks Webb City past Willard
Nate Brown scored 27 points as the Webb City Cardinals hiked their record to 17-6 overall and 3-1 in the Central Ozark Conference Large Division with a 76-60 victory over Willard on Tuesday night.

February 8, 2012
JHS' Ryan Davidson signs with Central Arkansas
Distance runner Ryan Davidson of Joplin signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to continue his athletic career at the University of Central Arkansas at Conway.

February 8, 2012
OCC rolls past Calvary 94-61
Five Ozark Christian players scored in double figures and the Ambassadors shot a sizzling second-half percentage to whip Calvary Bible 94-61 Tuesday night in a Midwest Christian College Conference basketball game at OCC.

February 8, 2012
Lawsuit: George Brett falsely advertises necklaces
Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising necklaces and bracelets as being able to help improve health and sports performance.

February 7, 2012
Chiefs hoping for continuity with Daboll as OC
As Kansas City’s fifth offensive coordinator in four years, Brian Daboll says he knows the value of continuity.

February 7, 2012
AP Source: Big East moving toward adding Memphis
A person familiar with the talks says the Big East is in discussions with Memphis about the Tigers joining the league in all sports.

February 7, 2012
WADA urges Feds to hand over Armstrong info
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling.

February 7, 2012
More Sports Headlines

Local voter turnouts for nonbinding primary lighter than predictions

Sports

Search Results

Discussion

Riverton moves up to 4A

Would you be in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow a Missouri legislator to serve up to 16 years in either the state House or Senate?

Site Map

Contact Us