6 years ago
5A West Playoffs: #6 Maize 60, #11 Salina South 33 Coach Ryan Stuart knew his team would be in for a tough game in the opening round of the 5A West Playoffs when his squad drew Maize, a team that had defeated them twice during the regular season. Then he found out his dynamic freshman guard, ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Cowboy’s put together one of the biggest comebacks in school history Wednesday night in their 49-44 victory over Towanda-Circle at Abilene High School. The Cowboys now will play at Buhler at 6 PM Saturday night with a birth to state on the line.  Buhler defeated Wellington 61-33 Tuesday night. Abilene trailed 25-14 to Circle ...

6 years ago
The Salina Central boys basketball team showed growth all throughout the season. More steps were taken by the Mustangs in the Class 5A sub-state opener at Great Bend. Unfortunately, it was not enough. Central erased a 12-point deficit, but missed two potential game-winning shots as the Great Bend Panthers survived, claiming a 63-60 overtime victory Tuesday night. Salina ...

6 years ago
There wasn’t much reason for optimism Tuesday night as the Abilene Cowgirls opened sub-state at Wamego.  Abilene finished the regular season 5-15 and had lost their last nine games.  The Cowgirls are the #14 seed and Wamego the #3 seed.  The Lady Red Raiders were 2-0 against Abilene during the regular season which included a ...

6 years ago
5A West Playoffs: #6 Kapaun Mt. Carmel 75, #11 Salina South 61 The Salina South Cougar boys took the court in Wichita on Tuesday night, hoping to begin a postseason run to the state tournament. But those hopes were dashed by an impressive offensive display from host Kapaun Mt. Carmel, as the Crusaders built a double-figure ...

6 years ago
Minneapolis' upset bid to take down rival, Beloit in the opening round of the 3A Girls Sub-State on Tuesday, fell just short. Literally. The Lady Lions at the foul line down by one with 0.5 remaining had a free-throw fall off the rim, shy, for what would have sent the game to OT. No. 2 seed Beloit ...

6 years ago
The Sacred Heart Knights dispatched the Ell-Saline Cardinals 77-25 Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of sub-state action in Class 2A. Sacred Heart (18-3) entered play as the top seed in the eight-team Herington sub-state, and the Knights lived up to the billing, pouring 30 points onto the scoreboard in the game's first eight minutes to ...

6 years ago
Don’t look now, but first year Sacred Heart Lady Knight Head Coach Keenan Thompson and his girls are putting together a solid 2019/20 season. They defeated Canton-Galva 55-51 in the opening round of the postseason on Monday night. Earlier this year, Sacred Heart got to win number 12 to guarantee they would finish above .500 for ...

6 years ago
For a second-straight year, Minneapolis saw its season come to an end in on its home floor in the opening round of sub-state on Monday night. Norton made seven 3-pointers on its way to a 55-49 win over Minneapolis in the 4/5 match up of the 3A Boys Beloit sub-state. Norton launched a triangle-and-two defense on Minneapolis ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinal girls' basketball squad saw its season draw to a close Monday night, falling to the Bennington Bulldogs 51-34 in a 2A quarterfinal round matchup. The Cardinals' regular season finale came all the way back on February 18th, and the 13-day layoff did the team no favors as Ell-Saline (3-18) looked sluggish out of ...

6 years ago
In the first round of substate, Haven hosted the Vikings for both girls and boys games. In the girls game, a 14-14 first half looked promising for the Lady Vikings, but they were outscored 17-0 in the third quarter as the Lady Wildcats hit from every corner of the court to take a 31-14 lead and ...