KSHSAA partners with Lawrence startup to power high school camps, clinics, lessons

The Good Game’s just-announced team-up with the Kansas State High School Activities Association is designed to support a safer, more compliant and centralized approach to interscholastic activities, said founder Zarif Haque.

“Youth sports and activities should be about play, growth, and opportunity, but too often, families, students and organizations are slowed down by fragmentation, paperwork and compliance complexity,” said Haque, an exited startup leader who launched The Good Game in 2023.

The partnership brings together KSHSAA’s statewide network of schools, administrators, students, and families — across 348 senior high and 408 middle/junior high member schools — with The Good Game’s sports technology platform to simplify registration, participation, and activity administration.

“The Good Game exists to remove those barriers so that youth activities can be accessible, simple and focused on play, not paperwork,” Haque continued.

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The Good Game team: Morgan Choffin, marketing manager; Nicole Burke, chief operating officer; Riley Simpson, sales associate; Joe Davis, chief revenue officer; and John Hadley, chief financial officer; courtesy photo

Much of the Lawrence-built startup’s value comes as a trusted resource for what happens off the field, he added, connecting users with the camps, clinics, lessons and staffing that support Kansas interscholastic activities outside of day-to-day competition.

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As part of the first phase of partnership, the KSHSAA is now using The Good Game to conduct verified background checks for KSHSAA-registered athletic officials, strengthening its ongoing commitment to providing safe, trusted experiences for member schools.

“Our partnership with The Good Game helps further that effort as it provides Kansas families easier access to quality student development opportunities while introducing innovative user-friendly technology that makes staffing and participating simpler and safer for schools, students, and parents,” said Bill Faflick, executive director of the association.

“The important step of conducting background checks for KSHSAA registered officials through The Good Game has provided credibility to this process while supporting all stakeholder groups,” he added.

Opening access to a marketplace of verified and background-checked officials, trainers, coaches and more, helps to minimize administrative burden and organizational risk for schools, Haque noted.

Keeping that focus on security, The Good Game’s Clear2Join Passport — a digital registration and participation profile — allows participants and staffers to securely store required forms, waivers and documentation in one place and register for anything in just a few taps. It integrates seamlessly into any league, school, facility, or system, eliminating repetitive paperwork while creating a more seamless experience for students, parents and event operators and staff, the company said.

Powered by the same Clear2Join Passport technology, an additional Fan Club platform is expected to give KSHSAA member schools the opportunity to create branded digital fan communities that bring together exclusive content, communications, merchandise, ticket access and member experiences in one centralized destination.

The platform gives fans, families and supporters a seamless way to engage with their favorite schools while creating new opportunities for schools to strengthen community connections and generate sustainable support for their athletics and other activity programs, the company said.

The Good Game was named one of Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2026.