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Photo courtesy of Salina South Athletics Paityn Fritz didn't see it coming, and even when she found out there was no time to savor the moment. Her Salina South girls basketball team was locked in a tense Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League battle with Hutchinson last Friday at the South gym when the public address announcer shared ...

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Image courtesy of Brad Anderson #5 Abilene Cowboys 71, Chapman Irish 11 ABILENE: The Abilene Cowboy wrestling team finished 6-0 in the NCKL to capture their 4th straight league title.  The Cowboys will not wrestle again until Saturday February 21 in the Beloit Regional.  The Cowgirls will wrestling Friday and Saturday in the Augusta Regional.  The Abilene ...

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Postseason action begins this week in the state of Kansas high school sports scene with the beginning of regional wrestling tournaments for girls’ wrestling. With postseason action beginning, teams in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I are making their final preparations for the home stretch of the 2025-26 winter season. Maize High and Maize South are ...

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Things are heading towards the home stretch of the 2025-26 season in the North Central Activities Association and things remain similar in the standings as teams prepare for the postseason in mere weeks. Sacred Heart continues to lead the NCAA boys’ basketball standings with a 17-2, 8-0 record while Beloit is in 2nd at 12-3, 7-1 ...

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GIRLS FINAL: ANDOVER CENTRAL 47 SALINA CENTRAL 36 The Lady Mustangs entered Tuesday night’s game 9-8 overall, coming off back-to-back losses against Maize and Andover. Tuesday’s game was a league play rematch from earlier in the year, when Salina Central defeated Andover Central 43-41 in comeback fashion. Round Two, however, got the best of the Lady Mustangs, as ...

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Picture courtesy of Jenna Hull The Ell-Saline Cardinals welcomed the Moundridge Wildcats to Brookville for a HOA battle Tuesday night. It wasn't the night the Cardinals were hoping for as the Wildcats left Brookville with a sweep. GIRLS: #4-2A MOUNDRIDGE 66, ELL-SALINE 15 Moundridge pressed the entire first quarter and forced double digit turnovers as they raced out ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin GIRLS FINAL: SALINA SOUTH 51 MAIZE 45 Coming off a gut-wrenching loss to Hutchinson in the final seconds on Friday, the Lady Cougars aimed to start their week on a better note. For the second time this season, South took on Maize and had a better idea of what to expect from the Lady ...

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  File photo of Abilene Junior, Kit Barbieri, image courtesy of Brad Anderson #6 Rock Creek 68, Abilene Cowgirls 46 ABILENE: The Rock Creek Lady Mustangs completed the season sweep of Abilene Tuesday night.  Rock Creek got big games from Junior, Kylie Frazee, who finished with 29 points and Junior, Rory Pitzer, who totaled 21 points. In the first ...

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With the 2026 winter postseason on the horizon the North Central Kansas League teams are working on fine-tuning their approach to make the most out of the 2025-26 winter athletic season. The Rock Creek boys’ basketball team continues to lead the NCKL boys’ basketball standings with a 17-0, 7-0 record while Concordia is in 2nd at ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin For the first 10 games of Salina Central's basketball season, Gannon Cole sat on the bench, unable to help the Mustangs fight through some early growing pains. "It was very hard. I'm a competitive person and I want to help my team as much as I can," said Cole, a 5-foot-10 senior ...

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Things remain similar this week in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball standings as the MIAA teams begin the home stretch of the 2025-26 winter season. The Washburn Ichabod men continue to lead the MIAA men’s basketball standings with a 22-1, 12-1 record while Arkansas Fort Smith is in 2nd at 19-3, 10-3, followed by Central ...