Author Archives: Braydon Braun

Emporia girls basketball coach Bill Nienstedt stepped down Thursday morning after one season leading the Lady Spartans in his second stint with the program. Nienstedt returned to Emporia in the middle...

Emporia girls basketball fell to Kapaun Mt Carmel, 71-41, Wednesday in Wichita in the First Round of Sub-State. Kapaun used a 10-0 run midway through the first to take a 16-7 advantage. The lead grew ...

Emporia boys basketball knocked off Great Bend 61-41 in the Maize South Sub-State Semifinal in Emporia on Tuesday. The Spartans started red hot scoring the first 11 points of the game and built a 16-9...

Lebo girls saw their season come to an end Monday night with a 44-34 loss to McPherson Elyria Christian in the semifinal of Substate in Lebo. Both teams traded baskets through much of the contest, wit...

A decisive run spanning two quarters proved to be the difference Monday night, as Clifton-Clyde pulled away from Olpe for a 56-41 victory in the KSHSAA Class 1A Division I Girls Substate semifinal. &n...

HS Basketball from Saturday. Lebo vs Waverly BBB:

On Monday, the Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced. Council Grove's Tyler Hutchinson won the Area Athlete of the Week. The senior took gold at 215 in Hays at the 321A State Wrestling ...

Multiple area athletes reached the top of the mountain at the 321A State Wrestling Tournament in Hays on Friday and Saturday. Leo DeDonder of Northern Heights took home the gold medal at 126. Bradley ...

The Lebo Wolves punched their ticket to next Friday night's Sub-State Championship with a 59-39 victory over Waverly on Saturday afternoon in Lebo. Lebo came out strong, building a commanding 14-2 lea...

Olpe advanced in the KSHSAA Class 1A Division I Sub-State Semifinals with a convincing 73-53 victory over Centralia on Saturday. The Eagles, now 21-2, wasted no time taking control. Olpe opened the ga...