3 weeks ago
Pictured above- Southeast of Saline's Adam Thiel (left) and Sacred Heart's Will Tuttle wait to tee off in a playoff for first place in the NCAA League Tournament Tuesday at Salina Municipal Golf Course. That Sacred Heart's boys would capture yet another NCAA League Tournament championship was a foregone conclusion. The individual medalist honor, on the other ...

3 weeks ago
The North Central Activities Association has entered the home stretch of the 2026 spring season with some NCAA baseball and softball teams already concluding their regular seasons and some with some regular season action still to come this week before postseason action begins next week. Southeast of Saline is in 1st place in the NCAA baseball ...

3 weeks ago
Image courtesy of Kansas Wesleyan Athletics Kansas Wesleyan Baseball dropped a 10-3 decision to the Johnson University Royals on Tuesday in the Salina Bracket of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round at Dean Evans Stadium. The loss drops the Coyotes (49-8) into the losers bracket where they will face Concordia (Neb.) on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ...

3 weeks ago
Courtesy of Salina Central Athletics, seniors pictured left to right- Ellie Riekhof, Madison Berndt and Brooke Banninger. GAME 1:  DERBY 6 CENTRAL 1 The final regular season games of 2026 presented Salina Central with an opportunity to knock off the top team in Class 6A, the undefeated Derby Panthers. Derby entered Tuesday 24-0 poised to keep its perfect record ...

4 weeks ago
The North Central Kansas League has entered the final week of the 2026 spring regular season, with some NCKL schools already preparing for the postseason in baseball and softball and others still preparing for the final games of the regular season. Chapman and Wamego currently lead the NCKL softball standings with identical 18-4, 9-1 records and ...

4 weeks ago
Image courtesy of Kansas Wesleyan Athletics Kansas Wesleyan Baseball, seeded second in the NAIA Opening Round being played at Dean Evans Stadium faced a strong Concordia University (Neb.) team in the first game of the day and the Coyotes came away with a 5-4 win over the Bulldogs. With the win, the Coyotes moved to 49-7 on ...

4 weeks ago
Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Spring Week 18 schedule/results Monday, May 11 KCAC Baseball Kanas Wesleyan vs. Concordia, Neb. – NAIA National tournament Oklahoma Wesleyan vs. Huston Tillotson – NAIA National tournament KCAC Softball Friends vs. Morningside, Iowa - NAIA National Tournament Evangel vs. Faulkner, Ala. – NAIA national tournament   Tuesday, May 12 KCAC Baseball Kanas Wesleyan in 2nd round NAIA national tournament Oklahoma Wesleyan in ...

4 weeks ago
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association completed its 2026 postseason baseball and softball tournaments this past week where Missouri Southern captured the softball championship while Pittsburg State won the baseball title. While Missouri Southern softball and Pittsburg State baseball are now guaranteed NCAA national tournament berths, the rest of the MIAA will learn this week whether they ...

4 weeks ago
The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference learned this past week it will be represented by four different schools in the 2026 spring baseball and softball NAIA national tournaments. The KCAC baseball teams will be represented by Kansas Wesleyan and Oklahoma Wesleyan, with Kansas Wesleyan serving as one of the sites for opening round action. Kansas Wesleyan is the ...

4 weeks ago
Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Spring Week 17 schedule/results Wednesday, May 6 MIAA Baseball Missouri Western 7, Fort Hays State 5 – MIAA postseason tournament Central Oklahoma 5, Washburn 3 – MIAA postseason tournament MIAA Softball Washburn 4, Missouri Western 2 – MIAA postseason tournament Northeastern State 7, NW Missouri State 4 – MIAA postseason tournament   Thursday, May 7 MIAA Baseball NW Missouri ...

4 weeks ago
Allison Robinett spent the first three years of her Salina Central track and field career waiting for a breakthrough that never really came. Sure, she showed promise throughout, qualifying for the Class 5A state meet in the discus as a freshman and in all three throwing events — discus, shot put and javelin — last year. ...