HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas State High Activities Association Executive Board held its November meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in Topeka.
One of the topics on the agenda was behavior, as the KSHSAA says there have been 301 reported ejections from Kansas interscholastic activities during the fall sports seasons. There were 333 ejections around the same time last year.
Football had 162 total ejections to lead the way among the fall sports. There were 136 player ejections for unsporting conduct, six player ejections for targeting, 13 coach ejections for unsporting conduct towards officials and seven fan ejections.
Soccer had the second-most with 138 total ejections. There were 123 player ejections, 79 red cards that were direct red cards, 22 denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity, four taunting, 23 for using insulting, offensive or abusive language or gesture, two for spitting on an opponent and 15 for committing serious foul play. There were also eight coach ejections and seven fan ejections.
Volleyball had the least ejections of the three sports listed, with just one fan ejection.
The KSHSAA agenda says the staff will facilitate a discussion with the Board regarding behavior and appropriate next steps and tools to develop.
To see the full agenda, click here.