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Local High School (NCKL, NCAA, HOA, AVCTL I, AVCTL II) Winter Week 9 schedule/results Monday, January 26 AVCTL I Boys Basketball Salina South 63, Great Bend 39 – SIT AVCTL I Girls Basketball Salina Central 68, Salina South 50 – SIT AVCTL II Boys Basketball Salina Central 57, Buhler 54 – SIT AVCTL II Girls Basketball Salina Central 68, Salina South 50 – SIT AVCTL ...

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The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II boys’ basketball team completed their 2026 mid-season tournament week last week while the majority of the AVCTLII girls’ basketball teams are in the midst of their mid-season basketball tournament action this weekend. With mid-season basketball tournaments being conducted, standings in the AVCTL II remain the similar heading into the ...

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Pictures courtesy of Diane Dowell The Ell-Saline Cardinals were back in action Friday night as they welcomed the Hoisington Cardinals to Brookville in a non league matchup. Hoisington Cardinals would take the girls game 46-14 and the Ell-Saline Cardinals would take the boys game 69-45 GIRLS: HOISINGTON 46, ELL-SALINE 14 The Ell-Saline Lady Cards started off strong as ...

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GIRLS FINAL: EISENHOWER 36 SALINA SOUTH 32 Having last played on Monday in the final round of the Salina Invitational Tournament, the Lady Cougars were eager to get back on the court against an opponent that put them to the test. Execution on both sides of the ball was paramount against a Tigers squad that boasted scoring tandem ...

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Pictured above- SE of Saline Girls Basketball Coach Shauna Smith When Southeast of Saline coach Shauna Smith engages in small talk with her Trojans girls basketball team, don't for a minute think of it as trivial. Quite the opposite. It is all about competing against much taller opponents and turning what could pass for a weakness into strength. "When ...

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The Heart of America Conference finished with the 2026 mid-season basketball tournament schedule and the HOA teams are now preparing themselves for the home stretch of the 2025-26 winter campaign and the standings look like what they were a week ago. Ell-Saline’s Cardinal boys moved to the top of the HOA boys’ standings thanks to one ...

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Pictured is Trey Hoerner, Tagen Lambotte, Corey Casteel, Murphy Randolph, James Stout, Courtney Strauss and Darren Whiteley #1 Abilene Cowgirls 39, #3 Wamego 27 WAMEGO: The Abilene Cowgirls improved to 3-2 in the NCKL with a victory at Wamego Thursday night.  Abilene got a huge win at 170 by Illiana Garcia.  She bumped up weight class and ...

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Pictured above- Salina Central Wrestling head coach Dalton Peters When Salina Central senior Kodi Waite stepped first stepped onto a wrestling mat four-plus years ago, she didn't know what to expect.  "I think it just caught my eye, like how the sport was," said Waite, then an eighth grader at Lakewood Middle School with no prior wrestling ...

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Things remain the same atop the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I basketball standings this week as the boys just completed their 2026 mid-season tournament week while the majority of the AVCTL I girls’ basketball teams will compete in mid-season tournaments this week. Salina South’s girls competed in the Salina Invitational last week, but the other ...

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As the North Central Activities Association settles into the home stretch of the 2025-26 winter sports season, things remain the same atop the NCAA basketball standings this week with Beloit leading both boys’ and girls’ races while Sacred Heart remains in 2nd place in each standing, just points behind the Trojans and Lady Trojans. Beloit continues ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin The Ell-Saline Cardinals were back in action Tuesday night as they welcomed the Marion Warriors to Brookville for a Heart of America League matchup. The lady Warriors took the girls game 41-20, while the Cardinal boys cruised to a 64-38 win. GIRLS: MARION 41, ELL-SALINE 30 Ell-Saline lady Cards went toe-to-toe with Marion ...