Osage City erupted in the second half to dispatch Girard 70-51 at the 3A quarterfinal Wednesday at White Auditorium in Emporia. The Lady Indians built a 15-5 lead after one. The advantage grew to as many as 13 in the second quarter before the Trojans stormed back to cut it to 22-19. Osage City took a 25-19 halftime lea...

Hanover rode a hot first half from beyond the arc and held off a strong effort from Marais Des Cygnes Valley to secure a 71-61 victory Wednesday in the Class 1A Division II girls state quarterfinals in Salina. The Wildcats, who entered the tournament at 22-3, came out firing early and built a seven-point cushion by the...

Emporia High softball is hard at work as preparations continue for the 2026 season. Head coach Tommy McClure returns for his third year leading the Lady Spartans after the program finished 10-17 a season ago. The Lady Spartans bring back four hitters who finished last season with batting averages above .288, giving the...

The Lebo Wolves punched their ticket to the state semifinals Tuesday evening with a 46-40 win over Victoria in the Class 1A Division II State Tournament quarterfinals. Victoria jumped out to an early advantage, leading 10-6 at the end of the first quarter. The Knights held onto the lead at halftime, taking a narrow 16-...

After seven memorable seasons on the sidelines, Lebo girls basketball coach Patrick Gardner stepped down Monday morning as head coach of the Lady Wolves. Gardner closes his tenure following another competitive year for Lebo, capping off a run that firmly established the program as one of the area's most consistent cont...

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA) and the Shrine Bowl of Kansas have announced the high school senior wrestlers who have accepted their invitation to wrestle in the 3rd annual KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals. The KWCA Kansas Shrine Duals will be held on Saturday, March 28th, 2026, at Fugate Gymnasium on the camp...

On Monday, the final winter sports Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced. Sophia Hill earned the Emporia Athlete of the Week honor. She was the top bowler for the Lady Spartans, who claimed second at the State Meet last Thursday. She finished ninth with a score of 584. Kaelyn Boss of Osage City is the ...

The Emporia State softball team celebrated an Opening Day sweep at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia on Sunday. ESU opened up their first home action of the year winning a 10-6 slugfest over Augustana. The Vikings scored five in the second to take the lead, but ESU answered with the next ten runs. ESU chipped awa...

The Emporia State athletics department was in action in multiple sports over the weekend. The Hornet baseball team couldn't follow up on a win in game one and fell two games to one to #3 Pittsburg State in their three-game series at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia over the weekend. The Hornet bats were quieted i...

KSHSAA has set the State Tournament assignments for the opening round in basketball. New this year, locations for the first games were set based off proximity of the matchups. Boys: Lebo punched their ticket to the 1AD2 tourney for a fourth straight year and will start against Victoria at White Auditorium in Emporia. T...

Osage City topped Burlington 62-43 Saturday in the West Franklin Sub-State Final in Pomona. The Lady Indians raced out to a 22-12 lead. Osage City grew the advantage to 36-25 at half. The lead grew to 14 after three 51-37. The Lady Indians improve to 23-3 and will take on Girard in the first round of the 3A State Tou...

The season came to a close for Waverly Saturday night as Hutchinson Central Christian pulled away late to claim the Class 1A Division II Sub-State Championship, defeating the Bulldogs 55-47. The opening quarter set the tone for a competitive contest, with both teams trading baskets throughout the period. Waverly kept p...

Marais Des Cygnes Valley punched its ticket to the state tournament with a decisive 67-44 victory over Elyria Christian in the Class 1A Division II Substate Championship. The Trojans set the tone early, building an 18-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and stretching the advantage to 29-13 by halftime. Marais Des C...

Cold shooting doomed Hartford Friday at the Hartford Sub-State Final on a 69-59 loss to Hutchinson Central Christian. The Jaguars built a 29-24 lead at half. Hartford shot 14 of 40 from inside the arch and 11-20 at the free throw line while HCC shot 12 for 21 inside, 10 for 20 from three point range and 13 for 15 from ...

Lebo advanced to next week's 1A Division 2 state tournament with a 69 to 42 victory over McPherson Elyria Christian Friday in Hartford. The Wolves lead 18 to 8 after 1. They kept the 10 point lead going into halftime. Elyria Christian came out of the halftime hot and cut the lead to one the first minute of the second h...