Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

is home to several professional, amateur, and college sports teams.

Teams

Professional/Semi-pro

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

, professional

indoor soccer Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor socc ...

Kansas Stars The Kansas Stars are an independent baseball team based in Wichita, Kansas, in the United States. The Stars were formed in 2016 to take part in the 2016 National Baseball Congress World Series, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. ...

, professional baseball *

Wichita Wind Surge The Wichita Wind Surge are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. They are located in Wichita, Kansas, and began play in 2021 at Riverfront Stadium. The Wind Surge were supposed to b ...

, professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Wichita Thunder The Wichita Thunder are a minor league hockey team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 until 2014, and then in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season. From 1992 until December 2009, the Thunder played in ...

, professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

FC Wichita FC Wichita is a soccer club based in Wichita, Kansas that plays in USL League Two's Heartland Conference. The club was a member of the Heartland Conference in the National Premier Soccer League, a national semi-professional league at the fourth ...

, Semi-professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Wichita Force The Wichita Force are a professional indoor football team based in Wichita, Kansas, with home games in Wichita Ice Center. The team was founded in 2014 as an expansion franchise in the Champions Indoor Football league for the 2015 season. The Fo ...

, professional Indoor football
Kansas Diamondbacks
Minor-Pro Football, member of the Central Midwest Football League
Wichita Skyhawks
Semi-Pro football, member of the CFL, XFL, PAFA

Non-professional

Wichita Barbarians

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

Wichita World 11

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

ICT Roller Derby

Roller Derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

Collegiate

* Friends University Falcons Athletics including Baseball, Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Tennis, Track and Field, and Golf * Newman University Jets Athletics including Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Wrestling, Volleyball, Cheer/Dance * Wichita State Shockers Athletics, including Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Track and Field, Tennis and Bowling. The Wichita State Shockers have successful records in several sports including baseball, basketball, and bowling: * WSU Shockers Baseball team reached seven Collegiate World Series and one National Championship (1989). * WSU Shockers Basketball team completed its 2013–2014 season undefeated in regular play, and reached the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

"Final Four" before being defeated by the eventual National Champions.Skretta, Dave, Associated Press, " ichita State Shockers' NCAA Tournament Run Ends In Final Four Loss To Louisville Cardinals Wichita ''Eagle'' on Kansas.com, Posted: 04/06/2013, Updated: 06/06/2013, Downloaded 9/22/2014. Shocker Basketball teams—men's and women's -- have produced several national basketball stars and Olympic gold medalists.Inductees Bios - Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
" official website, downloaded Sept. 22, 2014King, Jason, " he next Wichita State: March Sleepers" The Mens College Basketball Blog, ''ESPN,'' on ESPN.go.com, July 24, 2013. * WSU Shockers Bowling team's number of national championships (19) is unmatched in the nation.Shocker Bowling
official website of

Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...

, Wichita, Kansas.

High school

Crusaders Unified
HS Boys Lacrosse Team established in 2014 and is a Catholic lacrosse program whose members are students from Kapaun HS. The feeder program i
College Hill Lacrosse Club
established in 2006 and whose members attend east side Catholic middle schools.
Wichita Rowing Association
HS Rowing Team that practices and competes year round.

Sports organizations & institutions

* The

National Baseball Congress The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 17 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1935 by Hap Dumont, it has conducted an annual North America ...

, the national umbrella organization of the minor leagues, has a long history with Wichita, which has served as the NBC's home and National Tournament site (at

Lawrence–Dumont Stadium Lawrence–Dumont Stadium, previously known as Lawrence Stadium, was a baseball stadium in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was located on the northwest corner of McLean Boulevard and Maple Street, along the west bank of the Arkansas River, in ...

) * The

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in Wichita, dedicated to preserving the history of sports in the state of Kansas. The museum provides exhibits, archives, facilities, services, and activities to honor those individuals and te ...

http://kshof.org/
at the Wichita Boathouse * Th
Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and Museum http://www.wichitahof.com/

Venues

Intrust Bank Arena Intrust Bank Arena is a 15,004-seat multi-purpose arena in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located on the northeast corner of Emporia and Waterman streets in downtown Wichita. The arena is the second largest indoor arena in the state of K ...

is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Wichita. It is home to the

of the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The E ...

. *

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center is a performing arts and convention center in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located between Douglas Street and Waterman Street near the east bank of the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita. ...

a multi-function downtown complex, city-owned, with convention center, concert and exhibition halls and other facilities, it has been used for professional wrestling tournaments, sporting-goods exhibitions, and other recreational activity. *

Charles Koch Arena Charles Koch Arena is a 10,506-seat multi-purpose arena in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located on the southeast corner of 21st and Hillside on the campus of Wichita State University in northeast Wichita. The arena is home of the Wichi ...

(formerly Henry Levitt Arena) at

, a medium-sized, sunken, dome-roofed circular arena with a collegiate basketball court. Home to the WSU Shocker basketball team. Also used extensively for citywide and regional high school athletic events, concerts and other entertainments. *

Eck Stadium Eck Stadium is a baseball stadium in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is located on the south side of 21st Street between Hillside and Oliver on the campus of Wichita State University in northeast Wichita. The stadium is home of the Wichit ...

, an elaborate, medium-sized stadium with a full-sized baseball field, home to the WSU Shocker Baseball team. *81 Motor Speedway: An oval motor-vehicle racetrack just north of the city, used extensively for a wide range of car, truck and motorcycle races, and other motor sports events. *

Hartman Arena Hartman Arena is a privately managed 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Park City, Kansas, United States. It is located northwest of I-135 and 77th Street North in the north Wichita metro area. History Ground was broken on March 25, 2008, and th ...

, a private arena in

Park City Park City may refer to: a city in Utah. Places * National Park City, London, England, UK; see parks and open spaces in London in the United States * Park City, Illinois * Park City, Kansas * Park City, Kentucky * Park City, Montana * Park City, ...

, a suburb just north of Wichita, and home to the

of the

Major Arena Soccer League 2 The Major Arena Soccer League 2 is a North American indoor soccer league that serves as the developmental league of the Major Arena Soccer League. History M2 launched in 2017 to "provide an outlet for teams to either reorganize for a re-emergenc ...

, and

Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) is a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team from ...

. *Sam Fulco Pavilions: in

, a suburb just north of Wichita (next to the abandoned

Kansas Coliseum Kansas Coliseum was an entertainment complex in unincorporated Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It was located north of Wichita at the intersection of I-135 and 85th Street North. It hosted sporting events, concerts, shows, and consisted ...

), a moderate-capacity low-roofed arena developed for small rodeos, horse shows and livestock competitions and exhibitions, widely used for other purposes. *Wichita Ice Arena: Just west of downtown Wichita, a public ice-skating rink, also used for ice-skating competitions. * Adair-Austin Stadium is home of the Friends University Falcons, the 5,000-seat stadium is home of the football and soccer teams and is home to the track and field team.

References

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