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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin EMPORIA — Sacred Heart's girls can finally hang a state championship banner. The Knights completed a sweep of the top three seeds in Saturday's Class 2A championship game, outlasting No. 1 Ellinwood, 43-34, Saturday at White Auditorium for their first-ever state title. Senior guard Skylar Douglas, who was knocked out with a bloody ...

3 months ago
The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II had one basketball team qualify for Class 5A state tournament in 2026 and the Andover Lady Trojans won their opening round contest but saw their state championship dreams come up short on Friday night when they lost in the semifinals. The Lady Trojans will play for the consolation championship ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin EMPORIA — If one quarter could end up defining the Sacred Heart girls' basketball season, they saved it for the right time. After trailing defending champion Moundridge by nine points late in the opening period and by six heading into the second, the Knights answered with an eight-minute burst for the ages ...

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The Heart of America Conference enters the final week of the 2025-26 winter season with three teams still alive, looking for state championships. The HOA had three basketball teams qualify for the Class 2A state tournament last week and all three of those HOA teams won their opening round games. The Moundridge Lady Wildcats lost Thursday night ...

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EMPORIA — Sacred Heart's girls basketball team is on the doorstep of history. The Knights took control with a magical second quarter and then held off a pair of second-half challenges from defending champion Moundridge on Thursday to claim a 69-56 Class 2A state semifinal victory over the defending champion at White Arena. With the victory, Sacred ...

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The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I had five basketball teams qualify for the 2026 state tournament in their respective classes, but only one AVCTL I basketball team is still alive for a state championship in 2026. The Derby Lady Panthers advanced to the semifinals of the Class 6A state tournament Tuesday and will play Thursday ...

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  File photo from Clifton-Clyde Sub-State Championship #3 Norwich 49, #6 Rural Vista 35 WICHITA: The Rural Vista Heat had their playoff run come to an end Tuesday afternoon at Friends University.  Norwich advanced to the 1A Division I semifinals and will face #2 Beloit-St.John’s Tipton.  BSJT defeated #7 Flinthills 62-31 at KWU Tuesday.  The semifinal will ...

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The final week of the 2025-26 winter season has arrived for the North Central Activities Association and the NCAA has two basketball teams still playing for a state championship this week. The Sacred Heart Lady Knight basketball team started its state tournament run Tuesday night with a victory against Moundridge, while the Ellsworth Lady Bearcats will ...

3 months ago
Featured image courtesy of Tanner Colvin The ironwomen of Sacred Heart march on. With all five starters going the whole way, the third-seeded Sacred Heart girls pulled away with a big fourth quarter to knock off No. 3 seed St. Mary's Colgan, 52-42, Tuesday in a Class 2A state quarterfinal at Kansas City Kansas Community College. "That's never ...

3 months ago
The final week of the 2025-26 winter season has arrived in the North Central Kansas League and the NCKL has five teams still alive and is guaranteed to have at least one team alive final four round of the state basketball tournaments. The NCKL has four girls’ teams alive, three in Class 4A and Marysville in ...

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Pictured above- Sacred Heart head coach Carl Hines Skylar Douglas isn't the least bit worried about how her Sacred Heart girls basketball team will handle the spotlight of its first state tournament. The way the Knights tore through their Class 2A sub-state last week at Berean Academy, they enter Tuesday's state tournament quarterfinals brimming with confidence. "I think ...