Stephen Montemayor Community Sports Editor
Stephen Montemayor is community sports editor for The World Company's weekly newspapers and websites in Northeast Kansas. Stephen previously worked as a reporter and photographer for The Shawnee Dispatch. Prior to joining the company, Stephen served as editor-in-chief, sports editor and a reporter during five semesters with The University Daily Kansan at Kansas University. You can follow Stephen on Twitter at @smontemayor.
Recent stories
- Recreational opportunities abound in Wyandotte County
- February 27, 2013
- The water boils — and, in winter, little icebergs crash — at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers at Kaw Point Park.
- Montemayor: Don’t tweet your way out of a scholarship
- 04:05 p.m., September 12, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- At any given time of the day, Twitter and Facebook can be a party — only the blinds are wide open, and the whole neighborhood (and well, well beyond) can see inside. Nowhere is this more evident, and potentially problematic, than among high school student athletes and student bodies at large.
- THS soccer defeats Basehor-Linwood after heated first half
- Three players, numerous fans ejected after altercation
- 11:10 p.m., August 30, 2012 Updated 04:40 p.m.
- The Chieftain soccer team scored its second-straight comeback win Thursday — this one at Basehor-Linwood — but most of the fireworks occurred before either team got on the scoreboard.
- Livestrong partnership with Sporting KC not in jeopardy despite Armstrong losing titles
- 04:12 p.m., August 24, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Thursday’s revelation that Lance Armstrong would be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles amidst allegations of doping will not affect the naming rights of Sporting Kansas City’s stadium, CEO Robb Heineman said on Friday.
- Sporting K.C. wins first U.S. Open Cup title since 2004
- August 9, 2012
- KANSAS CITY, KAN. — After three hours, it was all on goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen to deliver Kansas City its first pro sports trophy in a long while.
- The rising costs of sports: Equipment, travel, fees hit pocketbooks
- August 6, 2012
- To play the game, you have to pay.
- All-Star Game sparks stories of baseball’s past
- July 3, 2012
- A morning in mid-June, and it may as well be evening in April, or dusk in Colorado at the end of May or, for that matter, later that same June day in Emporia, a two-hour drive from Shawnee. That’s where Billie Thompson will be. A police officer at Shawnee Mission Park going on 29 years, Thompson is off work today, and he’s going to watch baseball.
- Bonner Springs police seeking information in possible abduction Friday at Lions Park
- 12:38 p.m., June 23, 2012 Updated 12:56 p.m.
- Lt. Rick Schubert said two 10-year-old boys reported seeing a white, bald male wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans grab a small boy around the waist with one arm, while using the other to cover his mouth. The boy was said to be about four feet tall wearing shorts and, per the two witnesses, had his hair styled in a “Justin Bieber haircut.”
- Sporting KC holds off Toronto FC, 2-0
- 10:48 p.m., June 16, 2012 Updated 03:02 p.m.
- In the 34th minute, defender Julio Cesar received midfielder Graham Zusi’s corner kick and sent it through for what would be the second of two scores for Sporting KC (9-3-1) in a 2-0 victory to reclaim at least a share of the Eastern Conference lead.
- Area angler joins the elites
- 03:14 p.m., June 13, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- LONE STAR — The fish play hard to get at first on this windswept late spring day, one of at least 200 that Casey Scanlon will spend on a lake this year. Today it’s Lone Star Lake in southwest Douglas County where the 28-year-old Lenexa resident and Kansas University alum will fish to tune up for June’s three Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments — the first of which was fished over the weekend at Toledo Bend in Many, La.
Recent photos
THS junior Travis Woods pitched the Chieftains' second and final game at the Butch Foster Memorial Baseball Classic on Saturday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Bonner Springs defeated THS, 5-4, in eight innings to start the day and Basehor-Linwood handed the Chieftains a 12-5 loss in the tournament's seventh-place game.
THS senior Cody Saladin scored two runs in the Chieftains' 6-5 win against Basehor-Linwood on Friday.
Caly Ingle-Maxwell was one of several Chieftains with a big offensive day in a sweep of Turner.
Julius Coats won his first individual title of the season Saturday at the Bobcat Classic. Tonganoxie High finished ninth in the team standings.
THS freshman Sophia Wetta qualified for the Class 4A state cross country meet on Saturday at Wyandotte County Park.
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Point of View
What’s the best way to spend a snow day?
Shovel your driveway and paths, check neighbors’ driveways and then grab all your closest little ones and find the biggest sledding hill. Snowmen also are a must. Snow days are a great time to catch up on missed shows and much-needed rest. I love snowdays, they haven’t changed one bit even as an adult, although I am sure not all working adults can say that, but I am happy I can. I was excited to see the snowmen and other snow sculptures throughout the Lawrence and Kansas City metro areas.
