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Kentucky

From Trinity vs. St. Xavier to Baylor's trip to Louisville, here are the 25 Kentucky high school football games every fan should have on their calendar for the 2026 season.

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Team Durant Jamaal McKnight Jr. (0) moves past defenders during the fourth day of the 2026 Nike EYBL Peach Jam at Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, S.C., on Friday, July 17, 2026. Team Durant defeated Arizona Unity 70-49.

Maryland

Four-star point guard Jamaal McKnight Jr. is transferring to Iowa United Prep after spending last season at Long Island Lutheran.

Wrestling

High School On SI explains the methodology behind its final 2025-26 national girls wrestling rankings, including eligibility, head-to-head results and how wrestlers are evaluated through Fargo.

Albertus Magnus girls soccer celebrated its 2-0 win in the Section I Class AA championship game at Nyack High School in Nyack on November 2, 2025. Officials from Albertus Magnus, The Ursuline School and the Keio Academy filed a joint appeal to overturn a Section I amendment that would have barred private schools from traditional sectional and state tournament play.

New York

A NYSPHSAA appeal panel overturned Section I's vote to ban private schools from postseason competition, keeping four schools eligible for traditional tournaments.

Boys tackle athletes compete in drills under the watchful eye of coaches during the National Summer Showcase in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Football

Nearly 500 football athletes from 32 states traveled to Williamsburg for the National Summer Showcase, featuring elite instruction, recruiting education and a growing girls flag football division.

Eric Booth Jr., the recent Oak Grove High School star, is all smiles while chatting with media following a BP session at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles made Booth the seventh overall selection in the 2026 MLB Draft.

Mississippi

Oak Grove High School graduate Eric Booth Jr., the Orioles' No. 7 overall draft pick, impressed during his first Camden Yards batting practice, predicted he'll one day hit the iconic B&O Warehouse, and reflected on his baseball journey.

Illinois

Litchfield Senior will not field varsity program this coming fall.

Wrestling

High School On SI releases its final 2025-26 national boys wrestling rankings after Fargo, weighing high school, folkstyle and freestyle performances throughout the season.

Notre Dame Academy standout senior running back Kingston Allen (7) headlines the list of top returning offensive players heading into the 2026 season.

Wisconsin

High School On SI highlights Wisconsin's top returning offensive football players for 2026, led by Notre Dame Academy running back Kingston Allen.

Gray Collegiate Academy infielder Aspen Boulware with her parents, Jessica Van der Linden (Boulware) and Michael Boulware.

South Carolina

Gray Collegiate softball star Aspen Boulware reflects on her decorated high school career after being voted High School On SI's South Carolina Softball Player of the Year.

Baseball

Perfect Game announces the 60-player roster for the 2026 DICK'S All-American Classic at Citizens Bank Park.

St. Xavier's Will Burmester (14) warms up ahead of their game against Trinity on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at St. Xavier High School. in Louisville, Ky. The quarterback room for St. X in 2026 could be one of the team's strengths.

Kentucky

St. Xavier begins a new era under first-year coach Brian Landis as the Tigers look to reload and contend for Kentucky's Class 6A championship in 2026.

Sixty-six years later, Danny Heater remains humble, almost embarrassed, about his national record 135 points scored for Burnsville (WV) in a win over Wilden.

West Virginia

Do you know who holds the record for scoring the most points in a boys' high school basketball game? Lebron James? On Feb. 8, 2003, Ohio high school senior Lebr

Kentucky

Bryan Station football coach J.T. Haskins shares an important lightning safety message after being struck while closing the field following a Kentucky 7-on-7 event.

Edna Karr enters the season on a 27-game winning streak

Louisiana

Edna Karr and Ruston, two of Louisiana's top high school football programs, meet Sept. 19 at Caesars Superdome in a marquee early-season showdown.

Pennsylvania's Riley Karwowski captured the 110-pound title in convincing fashion, earning her Outstanding Wrestler honors at Fargo.

Wrestling

Pennsylvania captured the 16U girls team title at Fargo while Riley Karwowski earned Outstanding Wrestler honors and several future stars emerged at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals.

Wrestling

Outstanding Wrestler Eloise Woolsey led the biggest storylines at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals as Pennsylvania edged Michigan for the girls team title in Fargo.

Thanks to his training with Shihan Scott Rusnak at Top Flight Martial Arts, Justin Yee Shui now strives to teach Karate one day himself.

Florida

Incoming Palm Beach Central freshman Justin Yee Shui discusses karate, becoming a published author, volunteering and preparing for high school in this High School On SI Q&A.

A familiar cast of nationally powerhouses sit atop the High School On SI Preseason Power 25 National High School Football Rankings, as the start of 2026 football season rapidly approaches.

Ascenders, St. Frances Academy, defending champion Buford, St. John Bosco and St. Thomas Aquinas make up top five; 12 teams from last year's final rankings return in preseason Power 25

Jaclyn Bouzakis heads into Fargo as the nation's No. 1 ranked wrestler at 105 pounds.

Wrestling

High School On SI updates its national girls wrestling rankings ahead of the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals in Fargo, aligning wrestlers by weight class before the season's final rankings.

Former Tolleson boys basketball coach Ryan Blassingame (center, standing), passed away over the weekend. In this family photo, he is flanked by his sons Rico and Tre, with his wife Bev and daughter Tooda seated in front.

Arizona

The Arizona high school sports community is mourning the loss of former Tolleson boys basketball coach and longtime youth sports mentor Ryan Blassingame, who di

The Gillion brothers, (from left) Darrence, Zach, Gerald and Kenny, saw their vision for Gillion Academy come to life in 2025-26 with a successful first year on and off the court.

Virginia

This is the final installment of our seven-part series on Northern Virginia’s Gillion Academy, which is among the country’s premiere national high school basket

Feb 25, 2015; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Tubby Smith reacts during the first half against the TCU Horned Frogs at Wilkerson-Greines Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Maryland

Former Great Mills High School standout and coach Tubby Smith has been elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame after a legendary career that included a national championship at Kentucky.

Cathedral Catholic football star and USC commit Honor Fa'alave-Johnson has a signed a major NIL deal with automaker KIA.

Honor Fa'alave- Johnson hasn't played a down of college football yet but the 5-star USC Commit is already building a brand that extends well beyond the Friday N

Ohio's Zach Aquila came to Fargo ranked No. 31 nationally. He left with a Junior National freestyle title, included a big win over No. 2 Mario Carini in the finals.

Wrestling

Ohio's Zack Aquila, Minnesota's Davis Parrow, Hawaii's Analu Woode and Pennsylvania's Brayden Wenrich stunned higher-ranked opponents as Junior Freestyle champions were crowned in Fargo.