The Emporia State volleyball team played their fourth five-set match in their last five and came from behind for a grinding two-and-a-half-hour 17-25, 25-12, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13 victory over Northwest Missouri on Wednesday night at White Auditorium in Emporia. The Bearcats came out on fire hitting .341 with just two e...

The Emporia Mighty Spartans fifth grade football team won the SportZone Championship on Sunday at the EHS Turf Field. The team began practicing late in July with their season wrapping up this past weekend defeating Basehor-Linwood. Head coach Luke Schnakenberg said it was a great group to coach. For more information o...

The Chase County Bulldogs open up their postseason with a home game against Sedan. Chase County has won five straight with a record of 6-2 while Sedan is 3-5. Chase County coach Derick Budke said pre snap awareness will be key for the Bulldogs. Kickoff from Cottonwood Falls is at 6 p.m. The Mel's Tire Pregame Show begi...

The Emporia High football team opens postseason play at Goddard-Eisenhower on Thursday. Eisenhower is ranked sixth in Class 5A with a 6-2 record and has lost its last two games to Andover Central and Wichita Northwest. Emporia High coach Kaden Glinsmann said the Spartans will be thinking about this game for awhile no m...

Two Emporia High teams were in action on Tuesday. The Emporia High boys soccer team's season ended in the first round of regionals to Salina South, 3-0. Salina South held a 1-0 lead at halftime and tacked on two second half goals. Emporia High finishes its season with a 6-10-1 record. The Emporia High Unified Bowling t...

Emporia State wide receiver Tyler Kahmann has been named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week after a record-setting day for the Hornets last week. The sixth-year player out of Haysville, Kan. reeled in 19 receptions for 296 yards and five touchdowns in a 42-35 victory for #14 ESU at Nebraska-Kearney. The 19 recepti...

The Emporia State men's disc golf team qualified for nationals by finishing tied for second place in the RAH Blue division of the Midwest Collegiate Takeover at Northwood Park in Morton, Ill on Sunday. The Hornet team of Justin Farrell, T. J. Reel, Cade Kohlmeier, and Micah Tatro fired a -24 to finish 10 shots back of...

The Emporia State soccer team gave up two first-half goals and fell 2-0 to Central Missouri at the South Recreation Complex in Warrensburg, Mo. on Sunday. UCM got on the board less than nine minutes into the match before scoring again just under 20 minutes later. UCM dominated the offense in the game outshooting the ...

The Emporia State men's basketball team fell in their exhibition to Wichita State 99-53 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita on Sunday. The Shockers never trailed in the game and raced out to a 52-25 lead at halftime before outscoring the Hornets 47-28 in the second half. WSU outrebounded ESU by 18 and outscored the Horn...

13 area cross country runners have qualified for their respective classifications state cross country championships next Saturday. Highlighting the area are two regional champions. On the girls side, Northern Heights' Ellei McCrory won the Class 1A regional in Sabetha with a time of 19:50.40. McCrory is the defending s...

Emporia High senior Jaylin Dickason was the lone representative at the State Gymnastics Championships held Saturday at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. Dickason competed in floor recording a score of 7.95 finishing in a tie for 35th in the event. Dickason along with Chloe Fischer and Taylor Wilson were the three ...

The Lebo volleyball team is heading back to the Class 1A-Division II State Volleyball Tournament next week at White Auditorium. Lebo earned its state berth with a 25-15, 25-15 victory over Marais des Cygnes Valley on Saturday in Lebo. The Wolves avenged a 3-set loss to the Trojans on Oct. 19 in the championship game of...

The #14 Emporia State football team survived three interceptions and a game with nine lead changes in a 42-35 victory over Nebraska-Kearney at Cope Stadium in Kearney, Neb. on Saturday. ESU turned it over on the first play of the game on a tipped pass the Lopers turned into seven points. ESU then went on three straig...

The Emporia State volleyball team dropped their second five-set decision of the season to Washburn Saturday afternoon at White Auditorium. After rallying from two sets down, the Lady Hornets couldn't complete the reverse sweep in a 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 21-25, 15-6 loss in the Turnpike Tussle. ESU actually outhit Wash...

The Emporia State runners ran at the 2024 MIAA Championships in St. Joseph, Mo. on Saturday with the women running eighth and the men finishing tenth. The Lady Hornets were led by Mason Bina who ran in 54th place in a time of 23:41.43. The Hornet Men were led by Dylan Hunter who ran 40th finishing in 25:07.11. Pitts...