Category Archives: Sports
Hornet Weekend Roundup - Softball & Tennis Sweep, Baseball Piles on Runs
Emporia State athletics completed a successful weekend on Sunday. The Lady Hornet softball team set the tone on Saturday by sweeping Northeastern State. The first game was a shootout with ESU prevaili...
Mar 09, 2025 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
KSHSAA releases state basketball brackets
Brackets have been finalized for State Basketball this coming week across Kansas. Six area teams are among the final eight schools in their respective classifications. In Class 2A at Bramlage Coliseum...
Mar 09, 2025 KSHSAA Logo Courtesy Photo
Lebo boys, Olpe boys, Chase County girls clinch tickets to state
Three more area teams clinched tickets to state on Saturday in sub-state championships games. In Class 1A-Division I, the Olpe boys advanced to their fifth straight state tournament defeating Central ...
Mar 08, 2025
Lebo girls, Chase County boys, Osage City girls clinch tickets to state
Three area teams clinched tickets to their respective classification's state tournaments on Friday night. In Class 1A-Division II in McPherson, the Lebo girls cruised to a 52-22 victory over Central C...
Mar 07, 2025 The Lebo girls basketball team celebrates with its sub-state championship after defeating Central Christian, 52-22, Friday in McPherson. Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE Sports
Lady Hornet Softball Drops Two Tight Ones in Claremore
The Emporia State softball team fell just short in a pair of 3-2 losses to #6 Rogers State to open up the season in Claremore, Okla. on Friday. The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first b...
Mar 07, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Emporia State Baseball Splits on Day One of St. Louis Trip
The Emporia State baseball team went 1-1 on the first day of its road trip to St. Louis. In its first game of the day, Hillsdale hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Hornets ...
Mar 07, 2025 Emporia State Power E logo. Courtesy ESU Athletics.
Lady Hornets End Season in Kansas City
The Emporia State women's basketball team fell to Central Missouri 70-59 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City Wednesday. The No. 10 seed Lady Hornets were close with the No. 7 seed Jennies early bef...
Mar 05, 2025 Courtesy ESU Athletics
Emporia High boys basketball falls in sub-state matchup against Maize South
The season ended for the Emporia High boys basketball team in a Class 5A Sub-State semifinal against Maize South on Wednesday at Spartan Gymnasium. In a back-and-forth game through three and a half qu...
Mar 05, 2025 Emporia High Spartans logo.
Emporia High boys bowling takes third at state, girls finish seventh
The season wrapped up for the Emporia High bowling teams at the Class 5A State Bowling Championships on Wednesday in Wichita. The Spartans finished third with a series of 3,409, 80 behind runner-up Pi...
Mar 05, 2025 The Emporia High boys bowling team finished third at State Wednesday in Wichita. Photo courtesy of Emporia High Athletics.
Hornet Tennis Teams Both Ranked
For the first time in the history of the program, the Emporia State men's & women's tennis teams are nationally ranked in the ITA National Rankings. Emporia State has earned the #28 ranking in the...
Mar 05, 2025 The Kossover Family Tennis Complex. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
