6 years ago
TAMPA, Fla. – Wichita State's defense and timely three-point shooting from Tyson Etienne and Dexter Dennis keyed a 56-43 road victory over USF on Tuesday night at the Yuengling Center. Etienne scored a team-high 13 points on 3-of-6 three-point shooting and Dennis added 12 points and went 4-of-9 from distance for rv/22 Wichita State (16-3, 4-2 ...

6 years ago
The Minneapolis Lions ran in to a tough Andale team on Tuesday night in the first round of the Adolph Rupp Tournament in Halstead. The Indians ran away from Minneapolis with a 66-37 win. The No. 3-seed Lions would grab a 4-0 lead to start, however, an ensuing 10-0 run for the No. 6-seed Andale snatched ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinal boys' basketball squad faced a tall order Thursday afternoon, entering the Canton-Galva Midseason Basketball Tournament as the eight seed, drawing top-seed Wichita Home School in the quarterfinals. Early on, the Cardinals hung tough with the Warriors.  Despite a ten-point effort from Wichita senior post Marcus Hallement in the first quarter, Ell-Saline remained within ...

6 years ago
At the 48th Annual Sterling Invitational Tournament, the Lady Vikings opened play against the Hugoton Eagles. The Lady Vikings trailed 5-2 after one quarter and were done 14-10 at halftime. The third quarter made the difference as the Eagles outscored the Vikings 17-7 to take a 31-17 lead into the 4th quarter. The Lady Vikings offense came alive ...

6 years ago
Kelcey Hinz (SO/Whitewater, Kan.)'s outstanding performance last week has not gone unnoticed. Just a day after earning Kansas Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week honors, Hinz was announced as the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Player of the Week for her efforts last week. Hinz was nominated for her performances during the week of ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Cowboy football team has a new face of the program.  Brad Nicks was hired last Friday night in a special Board of Education meeting.  Nicks takes over the Cowboy program from Steve Simpson, who spent six years as head coach.  Simpson retired last fall at the conclusion of the season.  Nicks spent the ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan men's basketball coach Anthony Monson knew that Monday's meeting with the Tabor Bluejays would be a grind it out game. "Sometimes you have to find a way to win ugly," Monson said. "That's what we did tonight, we found a way to win ugly. We showed a lot of toughness and effort tonight, especially ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan women’s coach Ryan Showman was certain his team would face a tough, grind-it-out battle against Tabor in their game Monday night. Tabor entered the Kansas Conference duel at Mabee Arena leading NAIA Division II in scoring defense, allowing just 53 points per game. The Bluejays limited KWU to 53 points in their first meeting ...

6 years ago
The Bethany men's basketball team came away with arguably its biggest win of the Dan O'Dowd era on Monday night, with a 74-70 upset win over No. 16 Oklahoma Wesleyan. The first half of the game did not have a ton of flow or rhythm, as neither team shot the ball well or played a flawless ...

6 years ago
On the heels of a record breaking performance, Kansas Wesleyan's Kelcey Hinz (SO/Whitewater, Kan.) has been named as the KCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her efforts in KWU's 80-76 win over No. 19 Sterling on Saturday. Kelcey Hinz had an incredible performance in KWU's only game of the week, an upset win over ...

6 years ago
The Sterling Blackbears started off the game hot and didn't ever look back in defeating the Smoky Valley Vikings by the score of 57-35. Leading 32-13 at the half the Blackbears outscored the Vikings 19-9 in the 3rd. Facing a running clock the Vikings did outscore Sterling 14-6 in the 4th. Trey Kennedy led the Vikings with 7. Wilson ...