9 years ago
Kansas Welseyan head football coach Matt Drinkall only had one big message following the game Saturday night in Winfield, Kan. "It's nice to win a close game, huh?" The Coyotes couldn't have agreed more. Junior safety Zeriam Jackson tipped away a pass in the back of the end zone, sophomore tailback Jerrod Ferguson plowed his way to a ...

9 years ago
The City of Salina is offering free residential refuse disposal at the Salina Municipal Solid Waste Landfill for all Saline County residents on Saturday, October 7 in conjunction with Fall Fix-up Day. Residents must have a Saline County license plate on their vehicle for free disposal. Vehicles with tags other than Saline County will be required ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation  and the Osage County Sheriff’s Office have requested the public’s help in identifying the remains of a woman found Aug. 25 at Melvern Lake. It is believed the woman was the victim of a homicide. Forensic anthropology experts from the Washburn University Anthropology Department assisted law enforcement in studying the remains. ...

9 years ago
Week five of high school football is in the books! With the start of a new athletic year leads to another edition of the Coaches Corner, live from Russell’s Restaurant on Westport Boulevard in Salina. For the first time on the program, Minneapolis joins in on the fun with the addition of head coach Jhon Haehn. Coach ...

9 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals celebrated homecoming in style on Friday night with a hard-fought 14-6 victory over Hutchinson Trinity in a matchup of undefeated Heart of America league teams. While Ell-Saline (5-0) came away with the victory, it was Hutchinson Trinity (4-1) who cracked the scoreboard first.  After both defenses held serve throughout the first 21 minutes ...

9 years ago
The Smoky Valley Vikings were looking to end a long losing skid. They did it with ease. Smoky Valley controlled the game from start to finish, handling the Hesston Swathers 48-20. The win ended an 11-game losing streak to the Swathers. Hesston made the Vikings sweat a little bit, scoring on the first drive. But, Smoky Valley answered ...

9 years ago
Back on October 30, 2015, the Salina Central Mustangs handled Newton on the road. Central was hoping for a similar result to end the losing skid, but the Railers dominated the second half, holding off the Mustangs 42-20 on homecoming night. The first half looked to be a shootout. SC took the opening drive and scored three ...

9 years ago
The Concordia Panthers won their third straight game on the season Friday night 35-18 at Abilene.  The Cowboys turned over the football 5 times in the game which led to 21 Concordia points. Abilene Quarterback Trevor Casteel was picked off on the first play from scrimmage by Tyler Stupka, who returned the football to the ...

9 years ago
It was the same song, different verse for the Sacred Heart football team in week five: the Knights fell short after getting behind and having to make a massive comeback. This time, to the Ellsworth Bearcats, 38-27. Sacred Heart will be kicking themselves after this first eight minutes of the game, because Ellsworth had the ball three ...

9 years ago
The Salina South Cougars were shut out for the second consecutive week, and fell 38-0 to Goddard Friday night at Salina Stadium. Goddard entered the game ranked 1st in Class 5A by most state wide publications, and moved to 5-0 on the season. After a 3-and-out by the Salina South offense, the Cougars defense rose to ...

9 years ago
Southeast of Saline Senior Quarterback Hunter White accounted for six total touchdowns, five on the ground, as the Minneapolis Lions fell on the road tonight, 53-13. Minneapolis was without starting quarterback Senior Trenton Brubaker for this contest. Sophomore Derek Freel got the start for the Lions. Freel was 5-13 throwing the football for 31 yards, while ...