Extreme KS heat impacts high school athletes

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Hot temperatures are sweeping through northeast Kansas this week, creating some challenges for high school athletics.

Temperatures are expected to peak near triple digits. This comes at the starting time for high school sports, creating an inconvenience and safety hazard for athletes who practice outdoors. Mike Longhofer is an athletic trainer at Cotton O'Neil Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Seaman High School's head athletic trainer.

He told 27 News...