Category Archives: Sports
Athletes of the Week: Brayden Lienemann and Allie Weiss
The Area and Emporia Athletes of the Week were announced Monday morning. Brayden Lienemann of Southern Lyon County is the Area Athlete of the Week. The senior crushed three home runs in a sweep of Cre...
Apr 13, 2026
Black Lions Fall in Season Opener
Emporia FC fell in its UPSL season opener to Dodge City 2-1 last night at Emporia Middle School. The Black Lions fell behind 2-0 before scoring with 15 minutes to play ahead of halftime. Neither team ...
Apr 13, 2026
Hornet Track Completes Busy Weekend in El Dorado
The Emporia State track & field team spent two days down the road in El Dorado at the Butler Grizzly Gold Invitational. Aaron Quillen won the men's pole vault on Friday while Jonathan Wille finish...
Apr 12, 2026 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Hot Flashes Take Final Two Games at Home
The Emporia Hot Flashes granny basketball team won their final two home games on Sunday. The flashes trounced the Tornadoes 68-27 in their first game. They then stuffed the Grayhawkers 43-28. The Flas...
Apr 12, 2026 Terri Summey passes for the Flashes. Courtesy Carmen Leeds.
Hornets Storm Back to Claim Game 3 from Southern
The Emporia State baseball team scored the last 13 runs of the game on the way to a 13-7 victory to salvage game three of their series with Missouri Southern on Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex in...
Apr 12, 2026 Cooper Schwindt gets ready for a pitch against Southern. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Hornets Bring Home Third National Title with Men's D2 Crown
The Emporia State disc golf team claimed its third national title as the Hornets won the men's D2 national championship at the College Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill, S. C. on Saturday....
Apr 11, 2026 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Lions Score 13 with Two Outs to Take Series in Run-Rule
The Emporia State baseball team gave up 13 runs with two outs as Missouri Southern won the series with a 15-3 run-rule in seven innings on Saturday at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. The Lions ...
Apr 11, 2026 Tyler Coffin fields a ball behind second base. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Spartans Drop Doubleheader to Junior Blues
Emporia High baseball fell twice Friday in Topeka to Washburn Rural in Centennial League action. In game one, the Junior Blues scored early to pull away for the 11-1 win. Washburn scored four in the f...
Apr 10, 2026 Emporia High Spartans logo.
E-State Track Wraps Up West Texas Trip
Emporia State track & field wrapped up action at the Jo Meaker Classic on Friday. Luke Grace finished sixth in the men's decathlon. The Hornets ran second in the 4x400m relay with Braden Lipgens, ...
Apr 10, 2026 Courtesy ESU Athletics
EHS Track and Field Claims Coed Sweep at Lansing
Emporia High track and field teams delivered a dominant performance Friday, sweeping the team titles at the Lansing Invitational behind a long list of top finishes across both the girls and boys divis...
Apr 10, 2026 Emporia High Spartans logo.
