Emporia High Tennis hosted the Emporia Invite on Monday. The Lady Spartans were led by Izabella Hinst, who secured bronze in singles. Hinst is really proud of how she's improved this season. The duo of Alexa Tovar and Chelsea Mendez placed fifth in the doubles tournament. Head coach Saul Trujillo is scheduled to join S...

Emporia High's Taylen Koch led the Lady Spartans with a fourth-place finish Monday at the Centennial League golf meet at Stagg Hill Golf Club in Manhattan. Koch finished 15-over par, narrowly missing third place as she finished just two strokes behind third. Manhattan claimed the team championship, finishing ahead of W...

The Emporia State volleyball team stayed at No. 17 in this week's AVCA Top 25 volleyball poll after going 1-1 last week with a loss at No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney and a win at Fort Hays State. Ferris State continues to lead the poll with the 14-0 Bulldogs garnering all but two first-place votes with Wayne State, Tampa, Fre...

The Emporia State football team has returned to the top ten in this week's AFCA Top 25 DII Football Coaches Poll. Ferris State remains atop the nation with all 31 first-place votes followed by Harding, Kutztown, CSU Pueblo, and MSU Mankato. The Hornets are ranked 10th off their bye last week and are the top-ranked te...

The Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced Monday morning. Emma Beatty is the EHS Athlete of the Week. She's been a consistent top-five finisher for the Lady Spartans and secured a bronze medal Saturday in Lawrence, one night after being named Homecoming Queen. Abbott Bailey of Olpe is the Area Athlete of...

The Emporia State soccer team held their fifth-straight opponent to one goal or less, but couldn't find the back of the net in a scoreless tie at Northeastern State on Sunday. The RiverHawks halted a four-game winning streak for the Lady Hornets by keeping ESU out of the back of the net despite ESU outshooting the hos...

The #17 Emporia State volleyball team won three of four from Fort Hays State in a 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-16 victory on Saturday afternoon. ESU outhit the Tigers .261 to .193 in the match and outblocked the hosts 12-6 at the net. Lavra Krizanic led all attackers with 17 kills and Piper Bahr chipped in 14. Brooklynn ...

The Lyon County League volleyball standings through the first month of the season: Marais des Cygnes Valley 21-5 (3-0) Waverly 10-12 (3-0) Lebo 13-10 (2-1) Burlingame 7-9 (2-1) Olpe 11-12 (2-2) Northern Heights 7-12 (2-2) Madison 4-16 (0-4) Hartford 1-22 (0-4)

Emporia High cross country competed Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, with the Spartans turning in several strong individual performances. In the Girls Blue & Crimson B 5K, Emma Beatty led the Emporia girls, finishing third out of 216 runners. Madison Evans also placed inside the top 10 percent of the field, c...

The Chase County Bulldogs defeated the Lyndon Tigers 30 to 12 on a muddy football field in Lyndon on Friday night. Austin Anderson lead the Bulldogs with touchdown runs of 29, 51 and 8 yards. Anderson also had 122 yards rushing on 17 carries. Vincent Hodges added 85 yards on the ground and a score. Chase County did att...

Emporia High opened its homecoming game with a strong start Friday night at Welch Stadium, but Junction City rallied to take control and hand the Spartans a 32-6 loss in Centennial League play. The Spartans put together an impressive opening drive that lasted nearly seven and a half minutes. The possession ended with q...

The Olpe Eagles used a dominant rushing attack to defeat St-Mary's Colgan 29-0 on Friday night. The win was the 500th win all time for Olpe, 175th win in Head Coach Chris Schmidt's career, and the first victory in the new Olpe Sports Complex. Abbott Bailey broke a 0-0 tie with a 20-yard rush with 5:23 remaining in the ...

Emporia State volleyball fell in straight sets to seventh-ranked Nebraska-Kearney Friday night on the road. The Lady Hornets battled early in the opening set, but the Lopers pulled away for a 25-18 win. UNK then dominated the second set, hitting an impressive .519 on the way to a 25-14 victory. ESU came out strong in t...

Seven Individuals and one team will comprise the Emporia State Athletics Class of 2026 for the Hall of Honor. The induction is set for Friday, October 23 at 12:00 p.m. at the KSTC Ballroom inside Emporia State's Memorial Union as part of Homecoming weekend festivities. The class includes: Bob Fornelli, Baseball, 1988...

Emporia State cross country competed in its largest meet of the season Friday at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Missouri. The Hornet men finished 14th among 27 teams, led by senior Gage Chapman, who set an 8K personal best of 26:40.9 in 88th place. Freshmen Jordan Schierbaum, 91st, and Bryce Roberts, 94th, follow...