The biggest little city in Kansas.

Annual Adolph Rupp Invitational Basketball Tournament
Steve Seirer
Halstead High School
316-835-2682

Honoring Coach Adolph F. Rupp, the winningest coach in college basketball, whose boyhood home was Halstead, Kansas.

Adolph F. Rupp
"Baron of Basketball"

Born and raised in Halstead, Kansas (Sept 2, 1901).

Retired with 876 wins. Most wins in NCAA History.

Member of the 1922 and 1923 teams at Kansas University that won the Helms Foundation National Championships (coach Forest Allen).

Head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats for 42 seasons with a compiled winning percentage of 82%.

Cheney Team Overview

Cheney High School is a 3A member of the Central Plains League. They enter the Rupp Tourney with an 8-1 record and the 2nd Seed.

The basketball team is led by four seniors: Tanner Barber, Riley Rosenhagen, Terek Wisinger, and Bryce Zerener. Other members of the tournament squad are juniors: Brent Coykendall, Garrett Nikkel, Patrick O’Brien, D.J. Prentice, Ross Scheer, and Aaron Young. Plus sophomores Chase Williams and Brock Zerener.
The basketball team looks forward to the Rupp Tourney each season. The competition and quality of teams make for a great mid season test of the team’s progress.

But the main attraction is the people. Halstead has always treated us very well. The tournament hosts, hospitality and the reception of the fans for good basketball, make the Rupp Tournament a place and atmosphere that our players look forward to competing in with the other area schools.