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Team Picture courtesy of Max Islein In 2025, the Mustangs were ahead of schedule. Propelled by its young core, Salina Central softball broke through with a state tournament appearance and now aims to make that level of success the norm. After going 21-8 last season, expectations are high, and many of the players who helped set that ...

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Photos courtesy of Derek Livingston/Pittsburg State Athletics Reaching the college level is a transitional moment for any high school athlete. Most enter the locker room thinking they will soon become one of the best, only to realize there are thousands of people just like them. Dylan Sprecker is an exception. He is a well-rounded student-athlete who shines ...

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The 2025-26 winter season in the Heart of America Conference is complete and the HOA had three basketball teams qualify for the Class 2A state basketball tournament, all three win their opening round games, two play for a state championship and one state champion. Sterling defeated HOA rival Berean Academy 59-49 for the Class 2A boys’ ...

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Team picture courtesy of @re8ularshoots (Instagram) As the Cougars prepare for a new softball season, anticipation is building among both players and coaches. After finishing 2025 with a record of 20-8, South returns a small core of contributors from last year’s squad. Paityn Fritz, Brylee Moss and Breckon Webb are the lone returning starters, with Fritz expected to ...

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The 2025-26 Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I winter season is complete and the AVCTLI had six teams qualify for their respective state basketball tournaments, the AVCTLI had no champions and only one team, the Derby Lady Panthers, finish in the top four. The Lady Panthers won their Class 6A state tournament opener, but lost the ...

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The Sacred Heart High School basketball teams were the highlight for the North Central Activities Association’s 2025-26 winter athletic season as both Knight boys’ and girls’ basketball teams advanced to a Class 2A sub-state championship game and the Lady Knights were one of two NCAA teams to qualify for a state tournament and the Lady ...

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The North Central Kansas League had five basketball teams qualify for the 2026 state tournament of its respected classification but only advance to the final day of competition for the 2025-26 competition. Both of those teams came from the same school, the newest member of the NCKL, Rock Creek. Rock Creek’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams played ...

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While the Mid-America Intercollege Athletic Association schools have tried to settle into the 2026 spring season, Mother Nature had other ideas. The MIAA’s spring season is underway, with intra-MIAA contests being played in baseball and softball, Mother Nature stepped in on Sunday and forced multiple events to be cancelled due to winter weather returning. Central Oklahoma ...

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The two teams which met up last week to determine the 2026 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament champion met up for a rematch Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Division II national tournament and the result changed hands. Last week Washburn defeated Central Missouri 53-44 to win the MIAA postseason tournament. Friday ...

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Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Spring Week 9 schedule/results Monday, March 9 KCAC Baseball Avila 7, William Penn 5 Avila 13, William Penn 9 Ottawa 13, Central Christian 3 Benedictine 13, Saint Mary 8 Tabor 12, York 7 KCAC Softball Tabor 4, McPherson 2 Tabor 2, McPherson 1 MIAA Baseball Kansas Newman 12, Northeastern State 4 NW Missouri State 4, Missouri Southern 3 MIAA Softball Northwestern Oklahoma State 5, ...

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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 ...