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Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Winter Week 20 schedule/results Friday, March 13 KCAC Men’s Basketball Bethel 74, Loyola (La.) 71 (at Henderson, Tenn.) Friends 118, Southeast Indiana 112 Columbia Mo. 74, McPherson 72 Oklahoma Wesleyan 104, SUNO (La.) 66 KCAC Women’s Basketball Bethel 67, Langston (Okla.) 64 (at Henderson, Tenn.) Evangel 79, USAO (Okla.) 74 (at Springfield, Mo.) Hastings 104, Friends 75 Mid-America Nazarene 79, Saint ...

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The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference had a full week of spring athletic action this past week with intra-KCAC contests taking place on both baseball and softball fields, as well as several contests being played outside of KCAC action with no specific KCAC team building any advantage yet. Here is a look at how each KCAC school ...

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The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference had eight different basketball teams qualify for the NAIA national tournament that started this weekend, five of those teams won in the opening round, but only one of those five, the Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagle men, won both of its two opening round games to keep alive its goal of winning ...

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Local High School (NCKL, NCAA, HOA, AVCTL I, AVCTL II) Winter Week 15 schedule/results Tuesday, March 10 AVCTLI Boys Basketball Topeka Seaman 57, Maize South 46 AVCTLI Girls Basketball Derby 61, Topeka High 58 HOA Girls Basketball Moundridge 63, Valley Heights48 NCAA Girls Basketball Sacred Heart 52, St. Mary’s Colgan 42 NCKL Girls Basketball Wellington 51, Concordia 43 Rock Creek 62, Chapman 53   Wednesday, March 11 AVCTLI Boys ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin EMPORIA — Skylar Douglas didn't know what hit her, but it was enough for Sacred Heart's cheering section to collectively gasp and hope for the best. With exactly 5 minutes, 58 seconds left in the third quarter of Sacred Heart's Class 2A girls state final against No. 1 seed Ellinwood, a sideline ...

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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 ...

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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 ...