Category Archives: Sports
Softball Swap for Lady Hornets; Hill Takes Over for Rosales
Emporia State athletics announced departmental changes today. Head softball coach April Rosales has stepped down following ten years with the program and will become Associate Athletic Director for In...
Dec 19, 2025 Interim head softball coach Megan Hill (left) and former head softball coach April Rosales (right). Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Former Hornet Punter Davidson Headed to K-State
Former Emporia State punter Dylan Davidson has announced via Twitter that he has committed to Kansas State. He entered the transfer portal in mid-November. Davidson was a First Team All-MIAA punter fo...
Dec 19, 2025 Dylan Davidson punts against Missouri Southern.
Coach JGG Inks Third Signing Class for Lady Hornet Soccer
Coming off a return to the MIAA Tournament semifinals, Emporia State soccer coach Jane Grimley-Gunn has announced a seven-player signing for the high school class of 2026. All seven players are high s...
Dec 18, 2025 The ESU Pitch.
Consensus All-American Status for Boss
Emporia State junior linebacker Landon Boss is a consensus All-American following a standout junior campaign for Emporia State. After picking up honors from the AFCA, AP, and D2CCA earlier, Boss has n...
Dec 18, 2025 Coutesy ESU Athletics.
Freshman Career Highs Lead E-State Hoops to Split Sweep
The Emporia State basketball teams each won in their final games at home in 2025 on Wednesday at White Auditorium in Emporia. The ESU women held off Bellevue late for a 73-65 victory. ESU missed its f...
Dec 17, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Boss is Next Hornet Football All-American
Emporia State junior linebacker Landon Boss has been named a First Team All-American by the American Coaches Association, the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, and the Associated Press...
Dec 17, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Lebo and Madison trade victories in Area Game of the Week doubleheader Tuesday night
It was a game of runs in both sides of Tuesday's Area Game of the Week doubleheader as Lebo and Madison split the night. In the girls' contest, Lebo shut out Madison 13-0 in the first quarter to build...
Dec 16, 2025
Spartans Upset 4th Ranked Panthers as Emporia Sweeps Great Bend
Emporia boys shocked 4th ranked Great Bend 61-51 in Emporia Tuesday night. The Spartans scored the first nine points of the game as they held a 16-11 lead after eight minutes. The Panthers took a 20-1...
Dec 16, 2025
Emporia Girls 6th in Dec 16 KWCA Wrestling Class Rankings, All Area Athletes
The latest high school wrestling rankings were released on Tuesday. Emporia girls slid back one spot in the 5A rankings to sixth. 5A Girls: Chloe Steele 100 5th Sienna Spaulding 105 4th Kensley Medran...
Dec 16, 2025 Courtesy KWCA.
Area Teams Remain in Dec 16 KBCA Basketball Class Rankings
The latest high school basketball rankings were released on Tuesday. Area teams remain ranked across classes. Boys: 1. Olpe 1A-D1 3. Hartford 1A-D2 5. Lebo 1A-D2 Girls: 3. Osage City 3A 4. Marias des ...
Dec 16, 2025 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Logo
