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Six area schools compete at Lyndon Relays; Osage City boys 1st, girls take second among top finishes
Six area schools participated in the Lyndon Relays on Thursday. The Osage City boys won the boys portion of the meet with 147 points, 54 points ahead of Lyndon. The Indians had two first-place finishes. Quenten Stark won the high jump with a clearance of 6-2. The 4x100m relay team finished first with a time of 45.88 St...
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Emporia High girls soccer defeats Campus in Titan Classic Consolation Semifinal
The Emporia High girls soccer team bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Campus in the consolation semifinals of the Titan Classic in Wichita on Thursday. Emeil Bennett scored her second goal of the season in the first half, which was enough for the Lady Spartans to hold on for the win. Emporia High is now 2-1 and will ...
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Billeter Selected as Next ESU Basketball Coach
Emporia State has hired Tom Billeter to be the next head coach of Hornet men's basketball the school announced today. Billeter comes to Emporia after spending 21 seasons as the head coach at Augustana in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. There he led the Vikings to a 393-224 record while making nine NCAA T...
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Jane Grimley-Gunn Announces First ESU Soccer Recruiting Class
Head Emporia State soccer Coach Jane Grimley-Gunn has announced three signings for her inaugural recruiting class. Alyssa Wolf was an All-Sectional, Conference and State player at Freeburg Community High School in Illinois last season. Taylor McFalls was All-Conference and All-State Honorable Mention at Bennington Hi...
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Kaden Evans Enters Transfer Portal
Junior guard Kaden Evans has entered the transfer portal from Emporia State basketball. The Kansas City, Mo. junior led the team in steals this year while averaging 7 ppg and 3 rpg and shooting nearly 37% from the 3-point line. He spent three years in Emporia after transferring from Southwest Minnesota State and was ...
Mar 27, 2024
Emporia High girls swim and dive takes eighth at Andover Central
The Emporia High girls swim and dive team finished in eighth in the Andover Central Invitational on Tuesday. Emporia High's top finish in the meet was sophomore Allisyn Weiss winning the diving portion of the event with a score of 230.75. Junior Brooke Monroe was eighth with a score of 145.50. On the swim side, the 200...
Mar 27, 2024
Gorillas Take Midweek Series from Hornet Baseball
The Pittsburg State baseball team never trailed in a 13-6 victory over Emporia State in Pittsburg, Kan. on Tuesday. The Gorillas jumped out to a 9-0 lead through four innings thanks to a five-run second inning. The Hornets got on the board in the fifth but the Gorillas were able to answer all but one Hornet run the r...
Mar 27, 2024
Emporia High girls soccer drops Titan Classic opener to Salina Central
The Emporia High girls soccer team dropped its Titan Classic opener, 2-1, to Salina Central on Tuesday in Wichita. Emeil Bennett scored the Lady Spartans' lone goal of the game after trailing 1-0. Emporia High is now 1-1 on the season and will play either Campus or Wichita Heights at 4 p.m. Thursday.
Mar 26, 2024
Comithier Set for Sweet Trip to Reese's All-Star Game
Emporia State senior guard Alijah Comithier has been selected to play in the 2024 Reese's Division II College All-Star Game. The event will be held Friday, March 29 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. The game will be held in conjunction with the NCAA Division II National Championship. Comithier was recently name...
Mar 26, 2024
Lebo-Waverly baseball sweeps Erie, softball swept by Red Devils
The Lebo-Waverly softball team was swept by Erie, while the Wolfdog baseball team swept the Red Devils on Monday in Waverly. The Wolfdogs rallied to walk-off the Red Devils in the opener, 9-8, thanks to a walk-off RBI single by Ashton Lattimer. Lebo-Waverly made quick work in the finale defeating the Red Devils, 18-3, ...
Mar 26, 2024
Emporia High boys tennis to begin season with busy week
The Emporia High boys tennis team will be busy this week to kick off the season. Emporia High will host two tournaments this week beginning with a tournament on Thursday at the Emporia High Tennis Courts. Tuesday's tournament was postponed due to the cold weather and will be made up at a later date. Senior Jacob Simons...
Mar 26, 2024
Comithier Receives All-District Honors
Senior guard Alijah Comithier has been named Second Team All-Central District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Comithier ended his career as the MIAA active leader in career scoring with 2,128 career points while scoring over 1,000 as a Hornet in his two years in Emporia. Comithier received First Te...
Mar 25, 2024
ESU Tennis Sweeps Singles to Beat Quincy
The ranked Emporia State men's tennis team kept its momentum going with a win Sunday at Quincy 6-1. The Hornets dropped the doubles point to open the match before sweeping the singles matches to knock off the Hawks. Anton Sarunic, Harrison Brown, Hachem Fahem, and Sergia Vera each won in straight sets with Mostafa El...
Mar 25, 2024
Spartan Boxing Club 2-1 at Golden Gloves Regionals Saturday; Junior Robles claims third straight regional title, advances to Golden Gloves nationals in May
Emporia Spartan Boxing had a tremendous showing at the 2024 Golden Gloves regional tournament in Hutchinson Saturday. 20-year-old Junior Robles earned a hard-fought unanimous decision win at 147 lbs over Dominique Primer to claim his third consecutive Golden Gloves regional championship. Robles now advances to the Gol...
Mar 24, 2024
NSU Scores Early to Take Series from Hornets
The Northeastern State baseball team never trailed in a 10-3 victory to win a three-game series against Emporia State at the Trusler Sports Complex on Saturday. NSU scored two in the first, second, and fourth innings to take a 6-0 lead. ESU battled back with two in the fourth taking advantage of a RiverHawk error whi...
Mar 24, 2024