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Longtime Voice of the Jayhawks Bob Davis Dies
Legendary "Voice of the Jayhawks" Bob Davis has passed away at the age of 80. His family made the announcement on Friday afternoon. Davis was a native Kansan and was born in Iola growing up in Topeka and graduating from Topeka West and later Washburn University. His first broadcasting job was at KAYS in Ha...
8h ago

KState Pounds Fairfield in NCAA First Round
The No. 5 seed Kansas State women's basketball team blasted No. 12 seed Fairfield 85-41 in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday. The 'Cats jumped in front with a 21-9 first quarter and held a 12-point lead at the break. Using a 16-0 run in the third, the Wildcats blew the game open by o...
16h ago

Three Homers in Fourth Lift Hornets to 10-7 Win over Newman
The Emporia State baseball team used a big fourth inning to beat Newman 10-7 to win game one of a three-game series at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia on Friday. The Jets jumped in front quickly with a three-run first inning, but the Hornets answered with three in the bottom of the second on RBI singles by Brady...
21h ago

KU Hoops Out in First Round
The season came to an end for Kansas men's basketball in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 79-72 loss to Arkansas in Providence, R. I. The teams sprinted out offensively in the first 20 minutes with the Razorbacks holding a slim 47-44 lead at the break. KU trailed by as many as 11 in the second half but w...
Mar 21, 2025

Emporia State Tennis Falls Twice in Florida
The Emporia State tennis teams wrapped up their Florida trip with dual defeats on Wednesday. The #23 Hornets fell to #22 Florida Southern 4-1. ESU picked up a doubles match victory but the Mocs took the doubles point after ESU lost a tiebreaker at #1 doubles. Diego Calvo got the only point for ESU with a 6-3, 6-3 vi...
Mar 19, 2025

Ostermann Resigns from Lady Hornet Basketball
Emporia State women's basketball coach Brian Ostermann has announced he is departing as the head coach of Emporia State women's basketball. Ostermann said in a statement on Tuesday that he was resigning "to pursue opportunities at the Division I level". Ostermann led the Lady Hornets to a 24-35 record and t...
Mar 19, 2025

Hot Start Enough for Hornet Baseball in Midweek MIAA Win
The Emporia State baseball team started fast but had to hold on late for a 10-9 win over Missouri Western in game one of the Hornets' first midweek MIAA series of the season. The Hornets started quick with three runs in the first and four in the second including a three-run dinger by Noah Steele to make it 7-0 through...
Mar 18, 2025

E-State Tennis Drops Dual to Texas-Tyler in Orlando
The Emporia State tennis teams were swept in a doubleheader by UT-Tyler in their second day of action in Orlando, Fla. at the USTA National Campus on Tuesday. The #38 Emporia State women's tennis team fell to #31 Texas-Tyler 5-2. ESU was swept in the doubles point to trail 1-0 before quickly dropping three matches in ...
Mar 18, 2025

#38 Lady Hornets Fall in Opening Match in Florida
The #38 Emporia State women's tennis team fell 4-3 to Lewis to open play in Florida at the USTA National Campus Sunday. The Flyers won the doubles point and then gave up a point due to being down a player. The Lady Hornets took a 3-1 lead in the dual after Perla Conde won at #3 singles and Anastasia Pesic picked up a...
Mar 17, 2025

Hornet Baseball Earns First MIAA Series Win on Extra-Inning Walkoff Homer
The Hornets won their first conference series of the year over the weekend beating Rogers State two games to one at the Trusler Sports Complex. The Hornets fell 4-2 on Saturday to the Hillcats as Rogers State evened up the series at a game apiece scoring two unearned runs in the fifth. Dominic Felix cranked a late hom...
Mar 16, 2025

#20 Hornet Tennis Sweeps Hobart
The #20 Emporia State men's tennis team picked up their fourth straight dual win with a 7-o shutout over NCAA DIII #37 Hobart College on Sunday at the USTA National Campus. ESU dropped the first doubles match before coming back with wins at #1 and #2 doubles to take the doubles point. ESU swept through the singles ma...
Mar 16, 2025

Lady Hornets Go 5-0 in Florida
The Emporia State softball team wrapped up their Florida trip Sunday going 5-0 in The Spring Games over the weekend. The Lady Hornets scored all four runs in the bottom of the sixth in a 4-3 victory over Shepherd in their first game Saturday. Julianna De Luna and Haley Garnett each delivered two-run singles as ESU ca...
Mar 16, 2025

Lyon County League announces All-League Basketball Teams
The Lyon County League announced its All-League Basketball Teams on Sunday morning. On the girls side, there were two unanimous selections on the first team with Lebo's Saige Hadley and Marais des Cygnes Valley's Akyra Traver. Madison's Jalynn Weakley, Olpe's Lilly Skalsky and Lebo's Siara Crouch round out the first te...
Mar 16, 2025

Olpe boys use strong fourth to win 1A-DI State Championship
Olpe used a 19-7 fourth quarter to claim their third state championship in program history as they defeated South Central 47-34. The run was sparked by Senior Dexton Hoelting as he scored 15 points in the frame, going 10/10 from the foul line. Hoelting led all scorers with 24. Hoelting missed last year due to an injury...
Mar 16, 2025

Lebo girls take third in Class 1A-Division II with victory over Attica
The Lebo girls basketball team bounced back with a 61-47 victory over Attica in the third place game of the Class 1A-Division II State Tournament in Colby on Saturday. Lebo led throughout after trailing by two early. The Wolves led 15-9 after one and 32-17 at halftime. Lebo led by as many as 20 in the third quarter, de...
Mar 15, 2025