Category Archives: Sports
Shorthanded Hornets Get Down With the Sickness in Wichita Sweep
Not even the flu was enough to stop the Emporia State basketball teams from sweeping Newman on their senior day at Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita Saturday. The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 12-0 run to st...
Feb 18, 2024 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
19 area boys wrestlers qualify for state
Nineteen area boys wrestlers clinched their tickets to the Class 3-2-1A State Championships on Saturday. Three Chase County Bulldogs qualified for state in the 3-2-1A Regional A in Eureka. Silus Herna...
Feb 17, 2024 KSHSAA Logo Courtesy Photo
Emporia High boys swim and dive finishes 21st at state
The Emporia High boys swim and dive team finished 21st at the Class 5-1A State Swim and Diving Championships that wrapped up Saturday at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka. Emporia High's top finish...
Feb 17, 2024 Emporia High Spartans logo.
Emporia High girls rout Junction City to win Centennial League championship; boys drop second straight
It was a split on Senior Night for the Emporia High basketball teams Friday at Spartan Gymnasium against Junction City. The Emporia High girls clinched an outright Centennial League championship with ...
Feb 16, 2024 The Emporia High girls basketball team won the Centennial League championship Friday. Emporia High Athletics Graphic
Emporia High boys wrestling qualifies six for state; 11th at regionals
The Emporia High boys wrestling team will have six qualifiers for next weekend's Class 5A State Wrestling Championships. Emporia High's top placer at regionals in Arkansas City was freshman Gabe Wasso...
Feb 16, 2024 Emporia High freshman Gabe Wassom finished third at 113 Saturday in Ark City. Photo courtesy of Callie Medrano
Emporia State Names New Soccer Head Coach
Emporia State has selected Jane Grimley-Gunn as the next head coach for Emporia State soccer. Grimley-Gunn spent the past two seasons as the head coach at Missouri S&T. Last season she led the Min...
Feb 16, 2024 Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Emporia High boys swim qualifies two relays for consolation finals at state
Two Emporia High boys swim relays earned second swims after the prelims of the Class 5-1A State Swim Championships Friday morning in Topeka. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Shane Anderson, Ian Na...
Feb 16, 2024 Emporia High Spartans logo.
Hornet Tennis Swarms Past Ottawa
The Emporia State men's tennis team overwhelmed Ottawa 6-1 in a duel yesterday at the Kossover Family Tennis Center. The Hornets won the doubles point before taking four of the six singles matches to ...
Feb 16, 2024 Anton Sarunic returns a serve against Ottawa.
Emporia High boys bowling takes 2nd; girls 4th at Centennial League Championships
The Emporia High bowling teams competed in the Centennial League Championships on Thursday in Topeka at Gage Bowl. The Spartans finished second as a team with a series of 2,424, finishing 220 behind l...
Feb 15, 2024 The Emporia High bowling teams celebrate after their quad on Thursday at Flint Hills Lanes. Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE Sports
Emporia High's Allemang eighth after semifinals of state diving
Emporia High senior Alex Allemang will have a chance to be on the medal stand when the Class 5-1A State Diving Championships wrap up on Saturday in Topeka. After eight dives on Thursday, Allemang is c...
Feb 15, 2024 Emporia High Spartans logo.
