Category Archives: Sports
Lebo boys and girls take second in Class 1A-Division II State Tournament
For the second consecutive year, the Lebo boys and girls basketball teams fell short of winning state championships on Saturday in the Class 1A-Division II State Tournament at Barton Community College...
Mar 10, 2024 KSHSAA Logo Courtesy Photo
Olpe's Chris Schmidt picks up 500th career win as Eagles defeat Quinter in 1A-Division I 3rd place game
The Olpe boys basketball team used a fast start in its third-place game of the Class 1A-Division I State Tournament against Quinter Saturday afternoon at the Colby Event Center. Olpe began the game on...
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Jets End ESU's 15-Game Softball Winning Streak
The Emporia State softball team split with Newman on Saturday in Wichita. The Lady Hornets jumped all over the Jets early to win game one 15-4 in five innings. ESU scored five in the first and three i...
Mar 09, 2024 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Emporia High girls end historic season with fourth-place finish in 5A State Tournament
A historic season came to an end Saturday for the Emporia High girls basketball team against Andover in the third-place game of the Class 5A State Tournament at White Auditorium. For the third time th...
Mar 09, 2024 The Emporia High girls basketball team finished fourth at the Class 5A State Tournament on Saturday at White Auditorium. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Herfkens.
Lyndon Takes 25-0 Record to State Title Match
The Lyndon boys basketball team moved to 25-0 and will play for the program's first state championship after defeating Sacred Heart 63-56 on Friday at the 2A boys state tournament at United Wireless A...
Mar 08, 2024 Kansas State High School Activities Association logo.
Twice is Nice: Lebo puts boys and girls in state championship games for second straight year
Lebo girls punched their ticket to a second consecutive state title game, defeating Wallace County 47-36. Lebo, led by 13 points from Saige Hadley, never trailed in the contest racing out to a 9-3 lea...
Mar 08, 2024 Lebo's Audrey Peek releases the ball during Friday's game against Wallace County in Great Bend. Photo courtesy of Annabelle Payton
Big Seventh Dooms Hornets at #10 Lions
The Missouri Southern baseball team scored four runs in the seventh inning on the way to a 5-0 win in game one of a three-game series Friday in Joplin, Mo. MoSo dented the scoreboard first with a run ...
Mar 08, 2024 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Emporia High girls see 20-game winning streak snapped in 5A state semifinal against Maize South
The Emporia High girls basketball team could not get anything going in their Class 5A state semifinal against Maize South Friday night at White Auditorium. Maize South led wire-to-wire in a 55-47 vict...
Mar 08, 2024 Emeil Bennett brings the ball up the floor against Maize South Friday night at White Auditorium. Photo courtesy of Charles Chaney/Butler County Times-Gazette
Olpe unable to overcame first half deficit in 1A-Division I semifinal against South Gray
South Gray raced out to a 41-24 lead in the first half, before defeating Olpe 68-62. Olpe scored the first point of the game, before South Gray went on a 6-0 run. South Gray never looked back, hitting...
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Nienstedt Steps Down at Madison
Head girls basketball coach Bill Nienstedt announced on Twitter Thursday that he was resigning as the head girls basketball coach at Madison High School. Nienstedt made the announcement on Twitter say...
Mar 08, 2024 Courtesy Madison-Virgil Schools.
