4 years ago
No. 1 Salina Central 60, Newton 23 A pair of big first half runs left no doubt in the outcome on Wednesday night at the Brickhouse as the Salina Central girls basketball team remained undefeated with an easy win over the Newton Railers to begin postseason play. Central scored the first five points before Newton tied it ...

4 years ago
The Salina South Cougars had won just seven games heading into sub-state, but finished the regular season winning three of their last four. That positive momentum hinged on the solid defensive effort that South put onto the floor each night. Wednesday night, despite a strong defensive effort, the Cougars were unable to muster enough offense to ...

4 years ago
pictured is Thomas McClendon picture courtesy of Brad Anderson #4 Abilene Cowboys  #13 Augusta Orioles 31 Abilene – The Abilene Cowboys put together one of their best defenses performances of the season Wednesday night in their victory over Augusta.  The loss for the Orioles snapped a streak of three straight State appearances.  They finished 3rd last season and ...

4 years ago
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU used a strong second half Tuesday night to hold off Kansas, 74-64, at Schollmaier Arena in the first of two straight games between the foes. The Jayhawks dropped to 23-6 on the season and 12-4 in Big 12 play, while the Horned Frogs won their second straight game over a Top 10 ...

4 years ago
Heading into Tuesday night's 5A Sub-State opening round, two things were certain for Salina South, they had to defend Andover Central's Kobe Smith at all times, and they had to find more offensive success than in their previous few games. Unfortunately for the Cougars, neither of those two things occurred, and Andover Central defeated Salina South ...

4 years ago
Ell-Saline's season comes to an end after suffering a 59-40 loss at the hands of the Sacred Heart Knights on Tuesday night. After a fairly even 1st quarter, the Cardinals only found themselves down 5 points, facing a 15-10 deficit. However, after being outscored 21-8 in the 2nd quarter, Ell-Saline quickly found themselves doubled up, 36-18 at ...

4 years ago
  Andale 45 Abilene Cowgirls 22 Garden Plain – The Abilene Cowgirls season came to an end Tuesday night in the opening round of Sub-State against State Power Andale. The game was moved because of a water line break at Andale High School.  The Lady Indians entered the game as the #2 Seed in the 4A West ...

4 years ago
Minneapolis was unable to ever turn the corner in its 42-33 loss to Riley County in Tuesday's first round sub-state game. The Lions never led in the game. They have now lost seven straight opening sub-state games dating back to 2016. Riley County (9-11) took care of the ball well and made plays when it needed to, ...

4 years ago
Valley Center 63, Salina Central 52 The Central boys were determined to get over the hump against the Valley Center Hornets on Tuesday in the opening round of the 5A playoffs, but despite leaving it all on the floor, the Mustangs were unable to pull the upset and saw their season come to an end. The game ...

4 years ago
In the opening round of sub state at home the Viking girls won over Ellsworth 54-33. The Vikings got off to a good start leading 12-4 after 1. Ellsworth did outscore the Vikings 12-11 in the 2nd quarter but the Vikings  jumped out again in the 3rd quarter 12-6 to lead 35-22 after 3. Then ...

4 years ago
Last season the Ell-Saline girls’ basketball season ended with the Cardinals having a 6-14 record. Cardinal head coach Bill Geis made one of the team goals to flip that record in the ‘21/’22 season and that is exactly what happened. As good of an accomplishment as that was, when you get to 14-6 with a sub-state ...