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Darting Basketball Academy's international program makes big strides in second year
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By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Kerry Darting was very pleased with how the international element of the Darting Basketball Academy fared in its debut last summer.
And Year 2 has gone even better.
"I think last year was just really important to get started and the experience was just great,'' Darting said. "The community around here was very supportive, the experience for the kids was great. Last year we had 22 kids and 16 of them are all in the states now, going to American universities, so last year was really important just to get it off the ground and running.
"It was very successful and I think the experience is better this year just from going through everything and kind of learning what needs to get better. We made those adjustments and it's going really well this year.''
The program numbers have more than doubled this summer while also including female athletes for the first time.
The program, which is made up of high school-aged players with college basketball aspirations, includes 44 boys and eight girls representing 13 different countries, including Australia, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Serbia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, Norway and Sweden.
The players, competing as College Stars International under the DBA umbrella, will play in three tournaments -- two in Kansas City and one in Chicago -- before returning to their home countries later this month.
Trent Oliva steps down as Seaman baseball coach after five seasons
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Trent Oliva has stepped down as Seaman's baseball coach after posting a 93-27 record with three trips to the Class 5A state tournament in five seasons.
Trent Oliva
Oliva confirmed to TopSports.news that he resigned last week, but declined further comment.
Oliva compiled a winning percentage of .775 at Seaman, including 5A state berths in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and a Centennial League title in 2022.
Oliva's Vikings posted a 20-3 record in 2022 and did not win fewer than 18 games during his Seaman tenure, including an 18-8 record this past spring.
Oliva was named the Centennial League coach of the year and the TSN Shawnee County co-coach of the year in 2022.
Prior to taking over as Seaman's head coach, Oliva had a 12-year stint as a Viking assistant under Steve Bushnell and also served as Royal Valley's head boys baseball coach for three seasons and as the Panthers' boys basketball coach for two seasons.
