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Images courtesy of Tanner Colvin After six long years, the Mayor's Cup is back at Salina South. The fact that Salina Central made the Cougars fight for every inch made it all the more special. In a classic season football opener that produced seven lead changes and saw Central fight back from a double-digit deficit in the fourth ...

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pictured is Abilene Senior, Gabe Nichols, image courtesy of Brad Anderson, with Abilene Reflector-Chronicle  CONCORDIA: The Concordia Panthers used their experience in their 33-0 victory over the Abilene Cowboys Friday night.  Concordia brought back seven starters on each side of the ball who started in last season’s 27-23 loss to Abilene. The Cowboys on the other ...

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The 2026 fall season for the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League will get into full gear tonight when the six AVCTL 1 schools, outside of Campus, kick off their respective football seasons. The Campus Colt football team got an early start to the season as the Colts kicked off their season on Thursday when they lost ...

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Piper Brown was hot. Nearly as hot as the temperatures she’s been training through the past several days as the top runner for the Southeast of Saline cross country team. Maybe not quite as toasty as Monday’s 105-degree high, but her body temperature was definitely well into triple digits when she stepped to the starting line for ...

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The 2026 fall season in the Heart of America Conference is underway, as each HOA school has seen its volleyball team begin competition and each HOA football team will begin its 2026 season on Friday night. Berean Academy and Bennington stand atop the early HOA volleyball standings as both teams swept HOA doubleheaders on Tuesday and ...

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Pictured: Head coach Chance Ptacek GYPSUM — The prospect of taking over one of the state's top Class 2A football programs could be daunting to even the most seasoned head coach. Chance Ptacek, on the other hand, views his first head coaching opportunity at Southeast of Saline more as taking a baton than starting from scratch. "I'm excited," ...

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The 2026 fall season began in the North Central Activities Association’s sports teams this past weekend when four of the seven NCAA schools had their volleyball teams compete in various tournaments around the area. Beloit and Ellsworth each had their volleyball teams compete in the Norton tournament where they each finished with 4-0 records. Sacred Heart ...

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Image courtesy of Reed Sauber When Ryan Krajicek took over as Sacred Heart's head football coach in 2024, his top priority above all else was to provide the Knights with a much-needed sense of stability. "I was the fourth head coach in four years, so that's four different offenses, four different defenses and just things like program ...

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Six of the seven North Central Kansas League schools got their 2026 fall athletic season underway this past Saturday as their volleyball teams competed in different tournaments around the area. The only NCKL school still waiting to begin the 2026 fall athletic campaign is Abilene, which will see its first action tonight when the Cowgirl volleyball ...

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Pictured- Ell-Saline seniors (left to right) Julian Roche, Branton Gosvener, Jaxsen Seed, Will Bristow, Luke Walker, Sawyer Cook, Maddox Moore, Hayden Jacobs and Trevor Hunziker. The Cardinals finished 9-2 last season and had 2 playoff wins before eventually falling to Lincoln 46-44 in the regional round of the 8M-I playoffs. Joe Roche enters his 7th season as ...

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The first full fall athletic week in 2026 is now complete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, and as is the case every year, there were numerous highs and lows in each sport at each school. The first full week of MIAA football saw Fort Hays defeat Angelos State 35-14, Central Oklahoma defeated Texas Wesleyan 59-7, ...