Plenty of area athletes performed well at track and field regionals and qualified for the State Meet in Wichita this coming Friday and Saturday. KVOE and kvoe.com will provide hourly updates during the entire meet. Below are all the qualifiers. Emporia: Girls Qualifiers: Harley Smith- 100, 200 Emma Beatty- 1600 Madison...

Emporia's Allie Weiss captured gold for a third straight year Saturday in the KSHSAA 5-1A Diving Meet at Shawnee Mission Aquatic Center in Lenexa. The senior had to overcome a five point deficit going into championship day. Weiss edged out Sydney Schumaker of Maize South 469.65-460.10. Weiss upped her level of difficul...

Emporia High track and field turned in strong performances Friday at the Regional Meet at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka, with the Lady Spartans finishing fourth in the team standings and the boys placing fifth. The Spartans were led by several top-three finishes on both the boys' and girls' sides, with athletes securing...

Stella Agbokpah qualified for the finals of the women's 200 meters to lead Emporia State on Friday at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships at Welch Stadium in Emporia. Agbokpah won her heat in 23.38 and advanced with the fourth-fastest qualifying time. The Hornets' men's 4x400-meter rel...

The KSHSAA State Tournament for baseball begins on Monday and two local teams will compete. [1] Council Grove HS (26-1) vs [8] Silver Lake HS (16-11) on Mon, 5/25 @ Emporia, Trusler Sports - 11:00 AM [3] Frankfort HS (23-3) vs [6] Southern Lyon County (20-6) on Mon, 5/25 @ Blue Valley West - 1:15 PM

Osage City softball fell in the 3A Regional Championship Thursday in Haven. The Lady Indians won their semifinal over Kingman/Norwich 4-2 to start the afternoon. They then fell to top seeded Haven 9-6. They end the year 24-5.

Emporia High soccer ended their season Thursday in Wichita as the Lady Spartans fell to Bishop Carroll 7-0 in the Regional Championship. Bishop Carroll broke through with 25 minutes remaining in the first half to take a 1-0 lead before adding two more goals in quick succession with 18 and 17 minutes left to build a 3-0...

Emporia State's heptathletes led the charge through a rainy day one of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships at Welch Stadium and Zola Witten Track. ​Lou Dumas sits in 11th place in the women's heptathlon with 3021 points. She excelled on the track, running a 14.35 in the 100-meter hurdl...

Allie Weiss competed at the KSHSAA 5-1A Diving Championships at Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa on Thursday. The senior sits in second with a score of 326 after the first eight dives. In the top spot after the semifinals is Sydney Schumaker of Maize South with 331.05. Weiss will have to come fr...

White Auditorium will not host KSHSAA state basketball semifinals and finals in 2028 after serving as a recent championship site. KSHSAA announced all semifinal and final games for the 2028 state tournament will be played in the Wichita area, marking the first time the championship rounds for all classes will be held i...

Regional action wrapped up for area 3A and 2-1A teams. Baseball: SLC 10 Flinthills 0 SLC 16 Central Heights 1 SLC punches ticket to first ever 2-1A State Tournament Council Grove 6 Cheney 4 Council Grove 10 Wichita Collegiate 4 Council Grove Qualifies for 3A State Tournament Marmaton Valley 15 Chase County 2 Softball: ...

Emporia State sophomore Colby Deaver has been named the NCBWA National Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-American, becoming the first Hornet since 2018 to earn the honor. ​The Blue Springs, Missouri native utterly dominated Division II this spring, also taking home Central Region and MIAA Pitcher of the Year h...

Emporia's Kensley Medrano signed her letter of intent to wrestle at Garden City Community College on Wednesday. Medrano took gold her junior year at the 5A State Tournament and third this past year. She initially wasn't planning on continuing her wrestling career. Medrano will be a part of the first year of women's wre...

Olpe, Madison and Hartford golf all failed to qualify for state as a team at 1A Sub-State at Cedar Hills Golf Course in Washington. Carson Menke of Hartford finished 15th and received the final spot in the top five of non team qualifiers. Menke will compete next week at the 1A State Meet at Turkey Creek Golf Club in M...

Regional action was scheduled Tuesday for 3A and 2-1A baseball and softball. Mother Nature had other ideas for majority of the games. Baseball: Chase County vs Marmaton Valley postponed to Wednesday SLC vs Flinthills at Central Heights postponed to Wednesday Cheney at Council Grove postponed to Wednesday Softball: Osag...