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The game which began the high school football season in the City of Salina this year, will be repeated in 2025 as Salina Central and Salina South have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class 5A playoffs and will meet up this coming Friday night with one advancing to the following Friday’s Class 5A ...

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Picture courtesy of Jenna Hull Ell-Saline entered Friday night with one thing on their mind. Get revenge against the team that ended their season a year ago. The Madison Bulldogs upset the Cardinals last season 14-12 in a rain soaked game that neither offense could get going. Friday night was a bit different though, there was ...

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Photo Courtesy of Tanner Colvin Final Goddard 32 Salina Central 62 Salina Central defeated the Goddard Lions in the Regional round of the 5A West playoffs 62-32. It was a close game early, but the Mustangs took control of the game in the second half thanks to a couple Goddard turnovers. The Mustangs got the ball first and QB Griffin ...

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FINAL SALINA SOUTH 22 LIBERAL 16 The Cougars aren’t sneaking up on anyone anymore, they’re setting the tone from the opening snap. On a cold Friday night in Liberal, the 14-seed Salina South Cougars made another statement in the Class 5A playoffs, knocking off 6-seed Liberal 22–16. The win marked their first three-win season since 2017 and their first ...

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Pictured are Seniors Left to Right: Nabar Valbuena, Tyler Brockmeier, Grant Eskeldson, Tucker Mein, Koden Sanford, Kole Riedy, Celian Van Bemten, Mason Marsh, Andrew Calvert.  Not pictured is Trent Hoff, who is injured WHITE CITY: Rural Vista’s storybook season came to an end Friday night in a 46-0 loss to 4-time defending State Champion Axtell.  The ...

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With the 2025 fall season heading down the home stretch in the Heart of America Conference, the HOA still has six football teams alive in the postseason. Ell-Saline is one of three HOA football teams which will serve as host for Friday’s 2nd round in their respective football classifications as the Cardinals will play host to ...

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Things have begun across the Mid-America Intercollegiate Activities Association for the 2025-26 winter season, but most MIAA winter teams are still in preparation mode. Here is a look at what each MIAA winter team has done to open the season or when they are scheduled to begin the season: ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH The Lady Lion basketball team is scheduled ...

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Head coach Christien Ozores To the untrained eye, Salina South's football team headed into the Class 5A playoffs last week looking much like its recent predecessors. Yes, the 1-7 regular-season record was identical to 2024, with the lone victory against winless Campus. Throw in a first-round visit to West No. 3 seed Andover, and the postseason prospects ...

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The 2025 fall season has entered the final stretch for the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I and the AVCTL I has five teams still alive, with four football teams and one boys’ soccer team still alive. The AVCTLI will have one boys’ soccer team, the Maize South Mavericks, playing for a state championship this Saturday ...

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While the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference still has a couple weeks of competition remaining in the 2025 fall campaign, the 2025-26 KCAC winter season is fully underway. While KCAC intra-league competitions are still in the future, KCAC schools have begun their 2025-26 basketball and wrestling seasons. Most of the different KCAC schools which compete in wrestling had ...

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The North Central Activities Association has three football teams still alive as the 2025 fall sports season heads down the home stretch. Southeast of Saline, Republic County and Beloit all saw their football teams continue their respective seasons this past week winning their opening round games in the football playoffs. Ellsworth was the lone NCAA team to ...