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TON
LOU47
58 -
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BUR
LOU51
58 -
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LOU
AC74
80 -
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LOU
FRON69
47 -
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LOU
PIP44
57 -
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TUR
LOU48
80 -
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LOU
EUD31
59 -
Final
LOU
BONSP46
72 -
Final
LOU
BAL71
61 -
Final
LOU
BW58
40 -
Final
LOU
WEL53
64 -
Final
LOU
HAR45
51 -
Final
SH
LOU50
43 -
Final
LOU
PAO46
33 -
Final
OTT
LOU61
49 -
Final
LOU
SH25
48 -
Final
EUD
LOU39
49 -
Final
BONSP
LOU69
49 -
Feb 19 630 pm
MA
LOU
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Feb 22 730 pm
PAO
LOU
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Final
TONG
LOU26
58 -
Final
BUR
LOU48
32 -
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LOU
AC53
43 -
Final
LOU
FRON57
51 -
Final
LOU
PIP17
66 -
Final
TUR
LOU23
57 -
Final
LOU
EUD28
51 -
Final
LOU
BONSP56
44 -
Final
LOU
BAL19
49 -
Final
SH
LOU63
59 -
Final
LOU
WELL28
60 -
Final
LOU
AC64
46 -
Final
LOU
TH34
48 -
Final
LOU
PAO54
56 -
Final
OTT
LOU16
54 -
Final
LOU
SH44
53 -
Final
EUD
LOU49
39 -
Final
BONSP
LOU21
47 -
Feb 19 5 pm
MA
LOU
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Feb 22 6 pm
PAO
LOU
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Final
PAO
LOU0
3 -
Final
LOU
MAN1
2 -
Final
LOU
OLW2
0 -
Final
LOU
DES0
2 -
Final
LOU
SFT2
1 -
Final
LOU
BURL1
2 -
Final
LOU
BONSP3
0 -
Final
LOU
LAN0
2 -
Final
LOU
DES2
1 -
Final
LOU
OLW2
0 -
Final
LOU
SEA1
2 -
Final
LOU
PIP2
0 -
Final
LOU
SMW2
0 -
Final
LOU
SH3
1 -
Final
OTT
LOU0
3 -
Final
LOU
GIR2
0 -
Final
LOU
FS2
0 -
Final
OLN
LOU0
2 -
Final
SME
LOU0
2 -
Final
LEAV
LOU0
2 -
Final
BL
LOU0
2 -
Final
SMW
LOU0
2 -
Final
LOU
BAL3
0 -
Final
TONG
LOU0
3 -
Final
LOU
HIPA2
0 -
Final
LOU
BM1
2 -
Final
LOU
OLW2
0 -
Final
LOU
OTT2
0 -
Final
LOU
BL2
0 -
Final
LOU
EUD3
0 -
Final
LOU
OLN3
0 -
Final
LOU
LFS2
1 -
Final
LOU
SH HEI2
1 -
Final
LOU
MAIZE2
0 -
Final
LOU
WASH0
2 -
Final
LOU
LAW0
2 -
Final
LOU
BONSP2
0 -
Final
PIP
LOU0
3
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Final
PAO
LOU15
0 -
Final
PAO
LOU15
0 -
Final
LOU
PV6
1 -
Final
LOU
PV7
12 -
Final
LOU
EUD0
10 -
Final
LOU
EUD3
4 -
Final
LOU
WELL10
11 -
Final
LOU
WELL5
6 -
Final
BAL
LOU17
0 -
Final
BAL
LOU17
5 -
Final
OSA
LOU24
19 -
Final
OSA
LOU12
11 -
Final
LOU
DES5
6 -
Final
LOU
DES4
13 -
Final
ANDCO
LOU1
16 -
Final
ANDCO
LOU6
11 -
Final
LOU
OTT8
15 -
Final
LOU
OTT3
10 -
Final
SH
LOU17
2 -
Final
SH
LOU17
7
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Final
PAO
LOU17
0 -
Final
PAO
LOU5
9 -
Final
LOU
PV19
3 -
Final
LOU
PV18
2 -
Final
LOU
EUD10
11 -
Final
LOU
EUD6
9 -
Final
LOU
WELL1
5 -
Final
LOU
WELL7
11 -
Final
BAL
LOU12
0 -
Final
BAL
LOU1
10 -
Final
OSA
LOU0
10 -
Final
OSA
LOU2
15 -
Final
LOU
DES0
4 -
Final
LOU
DES0
9 -
Final
ANDCO
LOU0
8 -
Final
ANDCO
LOU3
0 -
Final
LOU
OTT4
11 -
Final
LOU
OTT1
12 -
Final
SH
LOU14
4 -
Final
SH
LOU6
5
Hinkle ready to take on role as LHS activities director
- Updated: August 2, 2018

Walking into Scott Hinkle’s office, it doesn’t appear he started a new job two weeks ago.
The moving boxes are mostly gone. His desk is organized with everything in its place, along with a calendar crammed full of upcoming events.
Hinkle is not shy to tell people about his love for the Boston Red Sox. Sitting on one wall are two older chairs from Fenway Park, along other memorabilia.
The one thing that Hinkle hasn’t caught up on is his efforts to get some purple gear. An avid Kansas Jayhawk fan, he hasn’t had need to purchase any purple flair in the past. Seems like that will change shortly as he was hired as the new activities director and assistant principal at Louisburg High School earlier this summer.
“I have been a Jayhawk fan all my life,” Hinkle said. “It will be a little weird to wear purple that is for sure, but I am sure I will get used to it. Before I left my old job, people found out where I was going so they started giving me little gifts with purple on it, like markers and stuff like that. They definitely got a kick out of that.”
Hinkle takes over for Jeremy Holloway, who was promoted to principal at LHS and becomes the third activities director in as many years to take over that spot.
“My wife has family in Kansas City and I have family in Wichita and so we were looking to come this way,” Hinkle said. “I had a couple friends that told me that the Louisburg position had opened up. I had heard of Louisburg a long time ago. I actually coached at Ottawa University in the early 90s and was familiar with the area. I came up, interviewed and here I am. It has obviously worked out well.
“Everyone has been so helpful and friendly and it is a good time to be coming to Louisburg. I am excited to be here.”
Before taking the job in Louisburg, Hinkle had spent the last 22 years in the Liberal school district in a variety of roles. He served as the boys high school basketball coach, along with nine years as an activities director, a year as the head girls basketball coach at the local community college and last year he served as assistant principal at the high school.
Hinkle graduated from Valley Center High School, and went on from there to earn his bachelor’s degree from Friends University, where he played basketball, and his master’s from the University of Kansas.
Basketball has always been a passion for Hinkle, but during his time as activities director at Liberal, he had a chance to learn the life of other sports as well.
“Liberal changed a lot from when I first got there in the mid 90s when they were a football and track powerhouse,” Hinkle said. “There were just athletes galore, but the culture kind of changed. We were really good in soccer and decent in track and volleyball. We still had good kids and good athletes, but it was a big transition as far as sports go when I first got there. My kids grew up there and being involved and being able to watch their events was something that has always appealed to me.
“Basketball has always been in my blood. Other than my nine years as athletic director, I have coached in some capacity and I am a big basketball fan. Obviously, being an athletic director I am just a big sports fan in general.”
Still new in town, Hinkle is still trying to get to know his coaching staff, but he is excited about the situation he is walking into with the Wildcats finishing as state runner-ups in volleyball and girls soccer last season. Several cross country, golf, wrestling and track athletes also earned state medals.
However, if there is one thing he wanted to relay to everyone is that he wants to give his coaches the freedom to run their programs.
“I want to let the coaches, coach,” he said. “I am not going to be the guy that says this is how we did things in Liberal and I am not that type of leader. If it comes to the point where they need some advice, I want to be a resource for them. I don’t want to be someone that is looking for something.
“I have met a few of the coaches. I have let them know that I am here if they need anything. I have stopped by the weight room to speak to a few coaches and some have stopped by to introduce themselves. I am still learning names and faces. We have a coaches meeting on the 10th and I will see and learn a lot more about them then.”
With all the success the Wildcats had last season in the sports arena, Hinkle is happy to be a part of the LHS family and is learning new things about the town every day.
“I have heard all types of things,” he said. “I have heard they take football pretty seriously here. I know they were state runner-up in volleyball and girls soccer last year and that is an exciting thing to walk into. I think expectations are obviously high in those sports, but I think everyone always has high expectations. I am not going to do anything different than normal and I am just going to sit back and observe for a while and take it all in.”
Hinkle will experience some different things along with his new position. This season, the Frontier League will welcome three new teams – Bonner Springs, Piper and Tonganoxie – and will say goodbye to De Soto.
Another big change will be the postseason formats with several sports as the Kansas State High School Activities Association reshuffled their classification system, eliminating Class 4A-Division II.
“With the changes in the league, the classification system and being a new AD, it is probably a good time to be coming on,” Hinkle said. “The learning curve is going to be the same for all of us.
“I walked into a good situation for scheduling because (Holloway) already had everything all taken care of,” he said. “I think the dynamics of the league are going to change. Liberal’s former girls basketball coach is the coach at Piper and I know a little bit about them. As far as the programs and rivalries, that is something that is going to come with time.”
Even with all the changes in his life – moving, starting a new job, getting to know new faces – Hinkle is ready for what lies ahead and the staff at Louisburg has helped with that transition.
“It has been a whirlwind and it has been information overload,” he said. “It is a lot of the same things I did in Liberal as athletic director, I just haven’t done it for the last five years. Being an assistant principal at Liberal last year, I think, helped me prepare for the principal side.
“People have just gone out of their way to be helpful. From the administration to the custodial staff to the secretaries, everyone has been super helpful. When I was out around town, people have welcomed me and it has been a friendly feel everywhere I have been.”