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It’s official. The Bulldogs are heading back to state.

For the second year in a row, the Kearney boys basketball team will make an appearance in the Class 4 Show-Me Showdown. The Bulldogs will be one of the teams playing at the state final four tournament next weekend in Columbia.

The Kearney boys basketball team will play for a berth in the state final four tonight, Saturday, March 6, in Warrensburg.

ST. JOSEPH - The old cliché is that it’s tough to beat a team three times in a season.

As the Bulldogs mingled with their fans on the court in Falcon Fieldhouse, no one was going to pry the district championship plaque from Tyler Funk. Sure, Funk and six other seniors had done this a few times before. But there was something special about this one. There was something different.

Platte County was up first

For three months, it’s been the same story.

It’s been one cliché after the next. "We’re taking them one game at a time." "We’re not looking ahead." "No game is more important than the next."

Kearney needed something, anything, to provide a spark.

Girls have to settle for second place at district tournament

For two quarters, the Bulldogs played some of their best basketball of the entire season.

It wasn’t enough, though, to overcome a lackluster first half. The slow start denied the Kearney girls basketball team its first district title in nearly a decade.

Paul’s 3-pointer lifts Bulldogs past Lincoln Prep in district semifinal

Allison Paul never hesitated. She caught the basketball. She put the shot in the air. She made the game-winner.

Pierce receives invite to senior all-star event

Cody Pierce has spent most of his high school wrestling career in the shadow of his older brother.

When that brother is Colin Pierce — one of only 19 four-time state champions in Missouri history — it’s understandable to see why. But the younger Pierce will finally have his time to shine.

Former Kearney basketball standout has final chance to go dancing

David Nurse has had one wish since joining the ranks of college basketball.