The Emporia High wrestling teams competed at two different tournaments across the state on Saturday. The Emporia High girls finished 12th with 109 points at the Christmas Clash in Great Bend. Seven Lady Spartans placed led by Alexa Castillo taking first at 235. Castillo pinned Emma Hahn of Ellinwood in 2 minutes and 30...

The Emporia High boys basketball team won the Paul Terry Classic for the third consecutive year. On Saturday, the Spartans defeated Hayden, 60-44, which forced a 3-way tie with Emporia High, Spring Hill and Hayden all with 2-1 records. Emporia High was named the tournament champions based on point differential. The fir...

The Emporia High basketball teams split their doubleheader with Wichita Trinity to wrap up Day 2 of the Paul Terry Classic Friday at Spartan Gymnasium. Wichita Trinity won the girls game, 32-27, in overtime. The Lady Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead before EHS cut it to 7-4 at the end of the first quarter. EHS took an ...

An area high school football coach has been selected to coach in the Kansas Shrine Bowl next summer. Council Grove head football coach Butch Hayes will coach in the 2025 Kansas Shrine Bowl being held in Dodge City. It'll be Hayes' first appearance coaching in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Hayes will be an assistant coach for...

The Emporia High basketball teams were swept by Spring Hill in the Paul Terry Classic Tuesday night at Spartan Gymnasium. Spring Hill won the boys game, 46-40. Emporia High led by as many as four in the first but an 8-0 Spring Hill run made it 16-10 at the end of the first quarter. The Broncos extended the lead to 20-1...

Emporia State split their doubleheader against Missouri Western at the MWSU Fieldhouse on Saturday in St. Joseph, Mo. Malik Edwards Jr. hit a floater with 1.2 seconds to go that gave Emporia State a 74-72 victory over the Griffons. ESU jumped out to a 7-2 lead early, but Western answered with a 17-6 run to take a six-...

The Emporia High girls wrestling finished second in its home invitational held at Emporia Middle School on Saturday. Emporia High had one first place finish with junior Alexa Castillo going 2-0 at 235. Castillo said she's off to a great start to her junior season. Emporia High heads to Great Bend on Friday and Saturday...

The Emporia High boys wrestling team finished with a 3-2 record in the Junction City Blue Jay Duals on Saturday. Emporia High went 2-1 in pool play defeating Wichita West, 54-27 and Hays, 54-21, before falling to Washburn Rural, 42-39. Derby defeated the Spartans despite a 38-38 dual based on a tiebreaker of maximum po...

Osage City Indians utilized a 16-0 run in the first quarter, to open up a lead they would not relinquish in a 55-42 victory over Chase County in the girls contest. Freshman Kaelyn Boss wasted no time to make an impact in her first game, leading the Indians with 24 points off the bench. Emory Speece added 13 points, and...

It was a split for the Emporia High basketball teams at Liberal on Friday night. The Emporia High boys improved to 1-0 with a 71-18 victory over the Redskins while the Lady Red defeated the Lady Spartans, 60-25. In the boys game, Emporia High overcame a slow start down 6-2 but turned it around for a 15-10 lead at the e...

The Emporia State basketball teams split their MIAA opener against Northwest Missouri at White Auditorium on Thursday. The Lady Hornets never trailed and picked up their first Top 10 win since 2019 with a 75-66 victory over the #9 Bearcats. ESU used a 9-0 run to end the first quarter and take a 21-9 lead to the second...

Emporia State quarterback Gunnar Gundy announced that he was in the transfer portal on Thursday afternoon. Gundy was Third Team All-MIAA in his one season at Emporia State and passed for 2751 yards and 23 touchdowns against just 11 interceptions while rushing for 299 yards and five more touchdowns. Gundy finished thi...

The Emporia High boys swim team finished fourth with 291 points in its home invitational on Thursday. Senior Logan Woydziak had the top finish for Emporia High finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle with a state consideration time of 24.32. Luke Marshall finished sixth in the seventh with a time of 25-19. Woydziak f...

Three Emporia State football players have been named to the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association All-Super Region 3 team. It is the third-straight year that multiple Hornets have been honored on the team. Wide receiver Tyler Kahmann and cornerback Jaaron Joseph were named to the first team while offensiv...

The Emporia High wrestling teams split their duals at Kapaun Mt. Carmel on Wednesday night. The Spartans won their dual, 44-35, over the Crusaders while the Lady Spartans fell 39-38. Both teams are back in action on Saturday when the Spartans head to Junction City for a tournament while the Lady Spartans host a tournam...