Sub-state assignments have been released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association, and area volleyball teams are just one strong Saturday away from punching their tickets to the state tournament. With sub-state championships on the line this weekend, several area squads will look to keep their seasons ali...

Marais des Cygnes Valley, Lebo, Waverly, Northern Heights, and Burlingame all punched their tickets to Saturday's sub-state tournaments following strong regional performances on Tuesday. ​The Trojans dominated their home court, securing straight-set victories over Centre and Southern Coffey County to capture the regi...

Freshman Taylen Koch placed tied for 22nd at the Class 5A State Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Hesston Golf Course, concluding an impressive postseason run for Emporia High. ​After entering the final round tied for 15th place following a strong performance on Monday, Koch faced tough conditions on Day 2, shooting a 21...

Emporia State linebacker Jake Tucker has been selected as the D2Football.com National Defensive Player of the Week. In his first career start for the Hornets, Tucker had career highs of 8 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 Sacks, forced a fumble, and blocked a punt to help the Hornets knock off Central Oklahoma 23-16 last week. ...

Chase County and Olpe volleyball teams advanced to sub-state action following regional competition, while Osage City saw its postseason run come to an end on Monday. The Bulldogs rolled through regional play with a perfect 3-0 record against Erie, Jayhawk-Linn, and Bluestem. Chase County swept all six sets. The Bulldog...

The Emporia High soccer team secured a dramatic 1-0 victory over Spring Hill on Monday night at Spartan Field. Thiago Esquivel netted the game-winner with just two minutes remaining in double overtime to lift the Spartans. The thrilling victory marked the second straight match playing into double overtime for the Black...

Freshman Taylen Koch fired an opening-round 86 (+15) on Monday at Hesston Golf Course to advance to the final day of the Class 5A State Golf Tournament. ​Koch is tied for 15th place overall and secured her spot in Tuesday's round as the fifth-highest qualifying individual to make the cut. The reigning KVOE EHS Athlet...

The Emporia State volleyball team moved up five spots to No. 13 in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll after winning their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament including a win over No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney last week. Ferris State remains at No. 1 with all but one first-place vote and is followed by Wayne State College, Tampa, Fr...

Emporia State junior middle blocker Ryann Hamilton picked up her first career MIAA Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award on Monday after helping the Lady Hornets pick up a pair of wins at their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament last week. Hamilton had 11 total blocks to help ESU sweep Northwest Missouri in a true roa...

Playing behind the best defensive player in the league isn't easy, especially when you're coming off an injury and have plenty of talent yourself. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jake Tucker was competing for a starting linebacker spot last fall when he suffered a preseason stress fracture in his foot that sidelined him...

The Emporia High volleyball team learned its postseason path on Monday, securing the No. 9 seed in the Class 5A West standings after wrapping up a strong 20-15 regular season. ​The Lady Spartans will travel to Great Bend on Saturday to compete for a spot in the Class 5A state tournament. Emporia opens sub-state actio...

The Emporia State football team held steady at No. 8 in this week's AFCA Top 25 DII Football Coaches Poll. Unlike Division I, there wasn't much chance to move around with everyone in the top ten winning or idle last week. Ferris State is still receiving all 30 first-place votes and is followed by Harding, Kutztown, C...

The Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced Monday morning. Taylen Koch is the EHS Athlete of the Week. The freshman claimed 4th at the 5A golf regional last week in Topeka. Haiden Ziglar of Olpe is the Area Athlete of the Week. Ziglar raced to first place last week at the Lyon County League Cross Country ...

The No. 25 Central Missouri soccer team scored one second half goal on the way to shutting out Emporia State 1-0 on Sunday. The defenses controlled the match with each team managing just nine shots, but UCM found the back of the net in the second half while ESU could only generate four shots on goal in the match. Ava...

Emporia High golf will send three athletes to the State Golf Meet at the Hesston Golf Course on Monday. ​The Lady Spartans are led by freshman Taylen Koch, who finished fourth at regionals last week. She says she is excited for her first state tournament appearance and is aiming to make the cut for day two. ​The tw...