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Emporia High girls soccer returns strong core for 2024 season
The first Emporia High spring sport kicks off its season Tuesday night. The Emporia High girls soccer team opens its season at Junction City. Emporia High finished last season with a 6-9-1 record. Emporia High coach Oscar Macias said he likes the core group of Lady Spartans he has returning for this season. Kickoff is ...
15h ago
Gunn's Up: Jane Grimley-Gunn Introduced as New ESU Soccer Coach
Jane Grimley-Gunn was formally introduced as Emporia State's sixth head coach in program history today at the Sauder Alumni Center. Athletic director David Spafford talked about involving the team in the hiring process. Emporia State is coming off a 14-6-4 season after finishing 8-2-1 in the MIAA and winning the assoc...
17h ago
Hornet Baseball Wins Series as Coach Hill Picks Up 900th Career Win
The Emporia State baseball team scratched out the game's only run to defeat Rogers State 1-0 on Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex and win their series against the Hillcats 2-1. Joe Daneff tripled to left center to drive in the only score of the game. Daneff finished 2-for-3. Ian Lanik (2-1) scattered three hits o...
Mar 17, 2024
Emporia High's Crouch 2nd team All-State selection
Emporia High sophomore Caydrick Crouch was named a second-team All-5A state selection from the Kansas Bowling Coaches Association on Saturday. Crouch finished sixth at state earlier this month with a 673 series. His highest game at state was a 277.
Mar 17, 2024
Hornet Baseball Falls Short Versus Rogers State
The Emporia State baseball team left 11 men on base in a 6-4 loss to the Rogers State Hillcats at the Trusler Sports Complex on Saturday. ESU jumped out to a 3-0 lead after 1 but a three-run RSU fifth gave RSU the lead after they plated a run in the fourth. The Hornets took the lead in the bottom of the fifth before ...
Mar 16, 2024
Hillcat Homers Hammer Lady Hornets
The #3 Rogers State softball team had five home runs account for nine of their 17 runs Saturday afternoon in a doubleheader sweep of the Lady Hornets at the Trusler Sports Complex. Rogers State got their offense going late in a 14-4 five-inning run rule in game one before using an eighth-inning round tripper to notch ...
Mar 16, 2024
Hornet Track & Field Starts Year in Leavenworth
The Emporia State distance runners opened the outdoor season at the University of Saint Mary Distance Festival Friday in Leavenworth, Kan. Henry Jones had the top time for the Hornets in the men's 5000m run. Jones finished sixth with a personal best time of 15:03.64. For the Lady Hornets, Catherine Lyon finished 14t...
Mar 16, 2024
Shockers Run Ends in AAC Quarterfinals
The No. 12 Wichita State men's basketball team allowed an 11-0 run late by No. 4 Alabama-Birmingham and couldn't recover in a 72-60 defeat in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday. Wichita State trailed 33-31 at the half and led 54-52 with less than eight minutes to go before a fiv...
Mar 16, 2024
Lady Hornets Stun RiverHawks with Double-Dip Comeback
The Emporia State softball team came back twice to stun Northeastern State in a doubleheader sweep at the Trusler Sports Complex on Friday. ESU was outhit 22-16 on the day but found a way to pull out a 7-6 win in game one and an 8-7 eight-inning victory in game two. NSU jumped on top with four runs in the first in ga...
Mar 16, 2024
Eight-Run Fourth Propels Hornets to Run-Rule Win over Hillcats
The Emporia State baseball team scored eight runs in the fourth on the way to a 12-2 run-rule win over Rogers State at the Trusler Sports Complex in game one of their MIAA series on Friday. After walking the leadoff batter, ESU starter Cade Barton (2-3) got some help when catcher T. J. Racherbaumer threw out a runner ...
Mar 16, 2024
Doty Departs Emporia State for DI Job
Emporia State head men's basketball coach Craig Doty has announced his resignation in order to become the head coach at Houston Christian. Doty departs Emporia State with a 97-76 record in six years at the school and a 65-61 record in MIAA play. Under Doty's leadership, the Hornets finished with four consecutive seas...
Mar 15, 2024
ESU Women's Tennis Prevails Over Another DI Foe
The Emporia State women's tennis team picked off their second straight Division I foe with a 4-3 victory over Lafayette College at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. last night. The Leopards started the match with the lead after taking the doubles point. Andrea Santiago started singles with a win for the Lady ...
Mar 15, 2024
Iowa State Spins Wildcats Out of Big 12 Tournament
The No. 10 Kansas State men's basketball team turned the ball over 20 times and couldn't stop #7/No. 2 Iowa State in a 76-57 loss in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday. The Cyclones controlled the 'Cats early holding K-State to just 32% shooting in the first half...
Mar 15, 2024
Emporia High places five on All-Centennial League; Addie Kirmer named Player of the Year; Carolyn Dorsey named Coach of the Year
A historic season for the Emporia High girls basketball team received more accolades to its credit with the All-Centennial League Awards announced Thursday night. Emporia High had its starting five all receive honors along with coach Carolyn Dorsey, who was named the Centennial League Coach of the Year for the third ti...
Mar 14, 2024
Shockers Hold Off Memphis in 2nd Round
The No. 12 Wichita State men's basketball team withstood a 17-2 Memphis run to hang on for a 71-65 victory over the No. 5 Tigers in the second round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday in Fort Worth Texas. Leading by two at the break, the Shockers built a 14-point lead with around 10 minutes to ...
Mar 14, 2024