12 months ago
GIRLS' THIRD PLACE FINAL: SOUTH 52 WAMEGO 46 Salina South capped off its three-day run at the 2025 Salina Invitational Tournament with a hard-fought win over Wamego in the third place game on Saturday. Similar to their semi-final matchup with Buhler, the Cougars were off to a fast start in the first quarter, leading 9-2 early. Wamego then ...

12 months ago
picture of Ian Crump, image courtesy of Brad Anderson  The Abilene High School basketball teams competed for 5th Place at the S.I.T. on Saturday afternoon.  The games took place at Salina Central. Salina Central 58  Abilene Cowgirls 30 SALINA: Salina Central shutout Abilene in the second quarter and turned a close game into a run-away victory for the ...

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image of Salina Central's Tessa Snyder and Abilene's Kit Barbierri, image courtesy of Brad Anderson  Salina Central 58  Abilene Cowgirls 30 SALINA: Salina Central shutout Abilene in the second quarter and turned a close game into a run-away victory for the Lady Mustangs.  Salina Central led 15-12 at the end of the opening quarter but used a ...

12 months ago
GIRLS: CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 64, ELL-SALINE 42 After picking up their first win of the season on Thursday night over Solomon 40-33 the Ell-Saline Lady Cardinals found themselves in the 5th place game against Central Christian School Friday night in Elbing to finish up the 58th Annual Eli J. Walter tournament. It was a tale of two halves ...

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Pics courtesy of Jenna Hull BOYS: #3-2A ELL-SALINE 58, #4-1AD2 ELYRIA CHRISTIAN 41 It was championship Friday for the Ell-Saline Cardinals (10-0) as they traveled to Elbing to take on the Elyria Christian Eagles (9-2) with a Eli J. Walter tournament championship on the line. Ell-Saline would use a huge game from junior Kas Kramer to pull ...

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FINAL: GREAT BEND 54 CENTRAL 49 The fourth-seeded Salina Central Mustangs embraced the challenge of facing the top-seeded Great Bend Panthers, with a coveted spot in Saturday's S.I.T. championship game on the line. Coming into Friday, Great Bend had cruised through its first-round matchup with ease, while Salina Central had to fend off a late scare to secure their ...

12 months ago
picture of Tessa Herrman, image courtesy of Brad Anderson  The Abilene High School basketball teams bounced back Friday in consolation action at Salina Central High Schools with a pair of wins.  Both Abilene teams will play for 5th place on Saturday. Abilene Cowgirls 47  Great Bend 40 SALINA – The Abilene Cowgirls entered last Friday’s game at Concordia ...

12 months ago
The second day of the Salina Invitational Tournament brought first-round winners to the championship bracket at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Salina South Cougars had a shot at securing spots in both championship games but faced two distinct semi-final defeats on Friday, leaving them to battle for third place in their respective brackets. GIRLS' FINAL: BUHLER 54 SOUTH 50 The ...

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  Salina Central Lady Mustangs 66  Junction City 12 SALINA – The Salina Central Lady Mustangs took care of business in the consolation semifinals as expected Friday night at Salina Central in a game that was never close.  The 54 point lead at the end of the game was the large lead for Central.  In all, the ...

12 months ago
The entire Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II now has its boys’ basketball teams competing in mid-season tournaments, while some of the AVCTL II girls’ basketball teams are also competing in mid-season tournaments, while the rest of the girls’ teams will see their mid-season tournament action happen next week. As the AVCTL II enters mid-season tournament ...

12 months ago
Pics courtesy of Jenna Hull BOYS: #3 ELL-SALINE 47, BENNINGTON 44 For the 2nd time this season the Ell-Saline Cardinals would do battle with the Bennington Bulldogs, the outcome was the same but tonight was a much closer game. Ell-Saline beat Bennington 64-56 on December 13th to win the Tri-County Classic. The semifinal game on Tuesday in ...