Category Archives: Sports
ESU Goes 2-0 in Topeka
Emporia State volleyball resumed their season at the Washburn Invitational and opened up action Friday morning with a non-conference match against conference foe Newman, sweeping the Jets 25-10, 25-23...
Sep 12, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Emporia Seeks Road Victory over Wichita West
Emporia football looks to end a 20 game losing streak on Friday when they travel to Wichita to face Wichita West at Southeast High School. Both teams come in at 0-1 but the Spartans have a lot of conf...
Sep 11, 2025 Emporia High athletics logo.
Madison travels to Hartford in Area Game of the Week
Madison looks to stay unbeaten while Hartford looks for their first win of the season in Friday's Area Game of the Week on Mix 104.9. Madison is 1-0 after beating Lebo 51-20 last week, behind 6 total ...
Sep 11, 2025
Hornet Basketball Returns in November
Emporia State athletics has announced its 2025-26 composite basketball schedule and each team will start the year in St. Joseph, Mo. The teams will play at separate sites like last year with the men a...
Sep 10, 2025
ESU Introduces Homecoming Martin to Lead Hornet Baseball
The Emporia and ESU communities welcomed back one of their own on Tuesday. Former player, coach, and graduate John Martin was officially introduced as the next head baseball coach at Emporia State by ...
Sep 09, 2025 New Emporia State baseball coach John Martin addresses the crowd at his introductory press conference. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Emporia's Jade Xu Reaches 1000 kills in Home Triangular Win Over Topeka
Emporia's Jade Xu reached a career milestone of 1000 kills on Monday night at Emporia's home triangular against Lansing and Topeka. Xu says it's a special moment in her volleyball career. Xu had 21 ki...
Sep 08, 2025
Five Individuals, One Team in ESU Hall of Honor Class of '25
The Emporia State athletic department will induct five individuals and one team into its Hall of Honor this fall. The class of 2025 will be inducted at the Hall of Honor Luncheon Friday, October 31 at...
Sep 08, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Hornets Can't Overcome 27-0 Deficit in 41-20 Loss in Texas
The Emporia State football team fell down 20-0 in less than five minutes and could never shovel out of the deficit in a 41-20 defeat to #10 Angelo State at LeGrand Stadium Saturday. ESU gave up an 80-...
Sep 06, 2025 Diego Cearns carries at Angelo State. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
ESU Volleyball Picks Up First Win of Year
The Emporia State volleyball team outhit Northwest Nazarene .240 to .133 on the way to a 26-28, 25-22, 25-17, 25-19 victory to wrap up their trip to San Diego, Calif. on Saturday. Graduate Nyia Anders...
Sep 06, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Lady Hornet Soccer Falls 2-1 in Springfield
The Emporia State women's soccer team fell to Maryville 2-1 in a neutral-site matchup in Springfield, Mo. on Saturday. The Saints took the lead 15 minutes into the match and held onto the 1-0 edge at ...
Sep 06, 2025
