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Salina Central head coach Mark Sandbo lingered on the Salina Stadium field Friday night, surrounded by players, fans and family, a big smile on his face. "That was old-school Salina Central football," Sandbo said following a dominating second-half performance by his Mustangs in a 49-24 Class 5A quarterfinal victory over crosstown rival Salina South. "That's Mustang ...

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The Ell-Saline Cardinals were looking to advance to the 8M-1 substate semifinal game for the 2nd time in 3 years as they welcomed the Lincoln Leopards  to Brookville for a quarterfinal matchup Friday night. Ell-Saline came into the night with a 9-1 record and coming off a 58-6 whooping of  the Madison Bulldogs last week. ...

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Salina Central's Pony Express rolls on. The Mustangs scored five second-half touchdowns and rushed for 427 yards Friday night as they pulled away for a 49-24 Class 5A quarterfinal victory over Salina South in the first playoff matchup between the crosstown rivals since 2004. Senior running back Cooper Reves led the charge for West No. 2 seed ...

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Local High School (NCKL, NCAA, HOA, AVCTL I, AVCTL II) Fall Week 4 schedule/results Friday, November 14 HOA Football 8-Man I Playoffs Lincoln 46, Ell-Saline 44 Class 1A playoffs Smith Center 22, Moundridge 14 Sterling 44, Hutch Trinity 42 NCAA Football Class 2A playoffs SE of Saline 48, Phillipsburg 6 NCKL Football Class 3A playoffs Rock Creek 14, Cheney 7 Class 4A Playoffs Wamego 21, Augusta 24 AVCTL I Football Class 6A ...

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It’s still early in the 2025-26 winter Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association season, but some action has already taken place and all MIAA schools are scheduled to begin winter competition in the coming week. Here is a look at what each MIAA winter team has done this past week, to open the season or when they are ...

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As the 2025 fall sports season in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I heads into the home stretch, the AVCTL I still has three football teams alive, including the Salina South Cougar football team. The Cougars are joined by the Derby Panthers and Maize Eagles, both in the Class 6A playoffs. The Cougars will play ...

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Friday night will be special in Salina. It will be the rebirth of a storied playoff rivalry:  Salina Central vs Salina South. The first regular season football game between Salina South and Salina Central was played on October 9, 1970. In 1972 the annual rivalry game became now known as the Mayor's Cup, with South winning ...

4 months ago
Kobie Henley always hoped he would see the day Salina South's football team faced rival Salina Central in a meaningful postseason matchup. But admittedly, given Central's recent dominance in the series, it was little more than a pipe dream. That is, until it wasn't. "I'm at a loss for words," Henley said this week after an improbable ...

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Griffin Hall wasn't around the last time the Salina Central faced Salina South in the Class 5A football playoffs. Nobody from either team was. Even so, Hall grew up hearing all about the glory days of a storied rivalry between the two powers that in six straight postseason meetings from 1999-2004, led to five state championships. Hall's father, ...

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The Heart of America Conference has four teams still alive in the 2025 fall sports season as the season heads into the home stretch and for the second week in a row the HOA is guaranteed to at least have one team alive next week. Last week the HOA was guaranteed of at least two teams ...

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As the 2025-26 winter season gets into full gear in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference the Saint Mary Spire and the Friends Lady Falcons have jumped out to the early lead in the KCAC basketball standings. The Saint Mary Spire men’s basketball team sits atop the KCAC men’s basketball standings with a 5-0 record while the ...