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Hornets Win ESU Relays, Women Finish Runner-Up
The Emporia State men's track & field team defended home turf with a win in the ESU Relays on Thursday at Welch Stadium. The Lady Hornets team finished second behind South Dakota State. The women's team started strong with a provisional qualifying mark for Mele Taula who threw 145 feet-3 inches for the fifth best...
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Hornets Crack in 11th Inning Loss at Central Oklahoma
The Emporia State baseball team scored a ninth-inning run to force extras but couldn't hold off the Bronchos in the 11th as Central Oklahoma escaped with a 7-6 victory in game one of their three game series in Edmond, Okla. on Thursday. The teams traded runs in the first before ESU took the lead in the second on a Joe...
8h ago
Lebo-Waverly Wolfdogs and Lady Wolfdogs sweep MdCV
The Lebo-Waverly baseball and softball teams swept Marais des Cygnes Valley in a pair of doubleheaders held in Waverly on Thursday. The Lady Wolfdogs defeated MdCV, 17-6, in six innings in the opener and took the finale, 17-7, in five innings. In game one, Abi Jones went 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI while also goin...
8h ago
Emporia High girls swim and dive takes sixth at Topeka High Invitational
The Emporia High girls swim and dive team finished sixth in the Topeka High Invitational at Capitol Federal Natatorium on Thursday. For the third time this season, sophomore Allisyn Weiss won the diving portion of each meet she's entered. Weiss recorded a personal-best score of 273.60. Junior Brooke Monroe also recorde...
9h ago
Emporia High's Simons takes eighth in home invitational
Emporia High senior Jacob Simons finished eighth in singles at the EHS Invitational Thursday. Simons finished the day with a 1-3 record defeating Olathe West's Owen Taylor, 8-4. Simons then dropped matches to Blue Valley West's Mark Kessens, 8-0, Blue Valley Southwest's Emmett Wirth, 8-0 and Andover Central's Jaxon Pos...
9h ago
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...
11h ago
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 ...
12h ago
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...
12h ago
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...
18h ago
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