Football team wins, day after assistant coach’s death

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City high school football team’s latest win was an emotional one, coming the day after the death of a beloved assistant coach. The Kansas City Star reports that Olathe North beat Olathe Northwest 49-13 on Friday to advance to the Kansas Class 6A sectional round. Just a day earlier, Olathe North assistant Josh Dirks died after a lengthy battle with pneumonia. He was 39. He had been the team’s offensive line coach since 2020. Head coach Chris McCartney said after the game that the win “means everything.”