
The Ark City High School Jazz Band earned 2nd place in Kansas Class 4A at the inaugural Kansas Bandmasters Association State Championships held Tuesday on the campus of Friends University in Wichita.
KSHSAA recently changed the rules to allow a ranked jazz festival for the first time, according to a news release from USD 470 Thursday morning. Trumpeter Levi Graves received the award for outstanding soloist in Class 4A.