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The NCAA announced Thursday afternoon that Wichita has been selected to host opening round games for the 2027 and 2028 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at INTRUST Bank Arena. Wichita and Dayton, Ohio, which has served as the host city for the start of the tournament since 2001, both will host three games each day ...

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Picture courtesy of Brandon Huynh Central Kansas United continues to make history. Salina's United Premiere Soccer League (UPSL) team claimed its first-ever Midwest South Championship last Saturday over one of the league's preeminent powers, the Dodge City Toros. A 3-1 victory in the championship match marked CKU's club-record 9th win of the season and helped clinch its ...

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The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is pleased to announce that the 2027 KCAC Baseball and Softball Championship tournaments will once again be held in Salina, Kan., following the success of those tournaments located in Salina in the 2026 season. Kansas Wesleyan University will once again serve as the host institution for these championship events. The ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin In the final football game of his career, Salina Central's Cooper Reves was named MVP of the West team in the 53rd Kansas Shrine Bowl. Reves returned to Emporia State University, the site of Salina Central's 5A state championship victory over Basehor-Linwood. On Saturday, he rushed for 91 yards as the East ...

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HUTCHINSON — Throughout their formative years, they grew up playing side-by-side, on rival teams or simply admired each other's success from afar. Now that their high school football careers are over, Salina Central's Cooper Reves and Jesus Delgado, Salina South's Jaxon Myers and Brody Chambers from Southeast of Saline, share the honor of playing for the ...

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Team picture courtesy of Central Kansas United Salina's semi-professional men's soccer team is one win away from making history. Central Kansas United (CKU) will take on the Dodge City Toros in the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) Midwest South Championship on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Bethany College. In just its third season, CKU has gone from ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin When Paityn Fritz stepped on the court at Kansas Wesleyan's Mabee Arena last Saturday for the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game, it was a fitting hometown celebration of her remarkable Salina South athletic career. But along with it came the realization that her days as a multisport high school standout had ...

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The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) announced today the addition of men's volleyball as a championship sport at the conference level starting in 2027. The addition brings the total number of championship sports sponsored by the conference to 29. The KCAC joins seven other conferences in the NAIA that sponsor men's volleyball. The conference will have seven ...

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Time finally ran out on the Salina Liberty. Faced with one play to win and no time on the clock for the second straight week, the Liberty came up empty Sunday when the Southwest Kansas Storm got the stop to claim the National Arena League championship, 42-38, at Dodge City's United Wireless Arena. The top-seeded Storm (11-1), ...

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Pictured- Liberty quarterback Tyrie Adams (left) and wide receiver Ed Smith (right) teamed up for a walk-off touchdown pass in last week's NAL playoff semifinal victory over Pueblo. Salina Liberty coach Heron O'Neal called it a dart. Wide receiver Ed Smith described it as a dot. Regardless, both agreed that Tyrie Adams' walk-off touchdown strike to Smith ...

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Picture courtesy of Sacred Heart High School Salina, KS — Sacred Heart Jr./Sr. High School is pleased to announce the appointment of Tate Richards as the next Head Girls Basketball Coach for the Sacred Heart Knights. Richards is no stranger to the Sacred Heart community. A proud alumnus of Sacred Heart High School, he currently serves as ...