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The postseason is set for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 2026 winter season and the KCAC will be represented at the national level in all four winter sports. Bethel and Friends saw each of its men’s and women’s basketball teams placed in the 64-team fields of the NAIA national tournament, which will begin on Friday while ...

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Picture courtesy of Diane Dowell BOYS: STERLING 36, ELL-SALINE 25 The Ell-Saline Cardinals traveled to Smith Center Saturday evening to take on the Sterling Black Bears with a trip to the 2A State tournament on the line. This was Ell-Saline's 3rd straight sub-state championship game. It was also the second meeting of these two squads as both ...

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Local High School (NCKL, NCAA, HOA, AVCTL I, AVCTL II) Winter Week 14 schedule/results Tuesday, March 3 AVCTL I Boys Basketball Salina South 60, Salina Central 56 Topeka West 55, Hutchinson 32 Maize South 80, Andover Central 46 Topeka Seaman 73, Valley Center 51 AVCTLI Girls Basketball Derby 59, Campus 23 Topeka High 69, Maize 45 AVCTL II Boys Basketball Kapaun Mt. Carmel 70, Ark City ...

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Featured image courtesy of Tanner Colvin ANDOVER — Salina South's girls got a closeup look at why the Andover Trojans were the top seed in the West and why they are heading back to the Class 5A state tournament for a fourth straight year. Andover's stifling defense and a slew of second-chance points all added up to ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin WICHITA — Jason Hooper decided the time was finally right. Moments after his Salina South boys basketball team completed its season Friday with a 61-33 loss to two-time defending champion Kapaun-Mt. Carmel in a Class 5A sub-state final, he informed the players that their last game would also be his last as ...

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The postseason is fully underway for the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II’s 2025-26 winter season with some teams already checking in their gear for their season, some already claiming state trophies and others still looking to earn a state trophy. The AVCTL II had two wrestling teams capture state trophies last weekend when the Goddard ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin WICHITA — It wasn't the ending he and his Salina South teammates had hoped for, but Jaxon Myers ended his Cougar basketball career with no regrets. "I loved every bit of it, even the ups and downs," Myers said after time ran out on their season a game short of the Class ...

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As the season heads into the home stretch for the 2025-26 winter season, the Heart of America Conference has five teams still vying for state championships. The Ell-Saline boys’ basketball team is one of those five teams, which also includes both Moundridge high school basketball teams, the Sterling boys and Wichita Classical boys’ basketball team. Here is ...

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  Pictured is Abilene Senior, Taygen Funston, courtesy of Brad Anderson Reflector Chronicle CONCORDIA: The Abilene Cowboys season came to an end Wednesday night in a 65-53 loss at Concordia.  The Panthers got off to a fast start and didn’t look back.  Concordia led 19-5 at the end of the 1st quarter and built a 20-point lead ...

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Game photos courtesy of Tanner Colvin With both of their seasons hanging in the balance, the third meeting between the Salina South and Salina Central girls basketball teams quickly turned into a battle of resilience and survival. In the end, it was South that persevered after trailing most of the game, rallying for a 55-45 Class 5A ...

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The 2026 postseason has begun for the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I and the AVCTLI has already seen at least one team win a state championship as Maize High won the Class 6A boys state wrestling championship with 237.0 points. The Derby, Maize High, Maize South and Salina South boys’ basketball teams as well as ...