3 weeks ago
Friday night will be special in Salina. It will be the rebirth of a storied playoff rivalry:  Salina Central vs Salina South. The first regular season football game between Salina South and Salina Central was played on October 9, 1970. In 1972 the annual rivalry game became now known as the Mayor's Cup, with South winning ...

3 weeks ago
Kobie Henley always hoped he would see the day Salina South's football team faced rival Salina Central in a meaningful postseason matchup. But admittedly, given Central's recent dominance in the series, it was little more than a pipe dream. That is, until it wasn't. "I'm at a loss for words," Henley said this week after an improbable ...

3 weeks ago
Griffin Hall wasn't around the last time the Salina Central faced Salina South in the Class 5A football playoffs. Nobody from either team was. Even so, Hall grew up hearing all about the glory days of a storied rivalry between the two powers that in six straight postseason meetings from 1999-2004, led to five state championships. Hall's father, ...

3 weeks ago
The Heart of America Conference has four teams still alive in the 2025 fall sports season as the season heads into the home stretch and for the second week in a row the HOA is guaranteed to at least have one team alive next week. Last week the HOA was guaranteed of at least two teams ...

3 weeks ago
As the 2025-26 winter season gets into full gear in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference the Saint Mary Spire and the Friends Lady Falcons have jumped out to the early lead in the KCAC basketball standings. The Saint Mary Spire men’s basketball team sits atop the KCAC men’s basketball standings with a 5-0 record while the ...

3 weeks ago
As a three-sport standout, Salina South senior Paityn Fritz has excelled in volleyball, basketball, and softball throughout her high school career. This year will be no different, but on Wednesday afternoon, Fritz officially signed to continue her softball journey at the Division I level with UNLV. The numbers speak for themselves. As both a pitcher and ...

3 weeks ago
As the 2025 fall sports season across the state of Kansas heads down the home stretch, the North Central Activities Association is down to one team remaining during the season: the Southeast of Saline Trojan football team. The Trojans were one of three NCAA football teams to play in the second round of their respective classification ...

3 weeks ago
Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Winter Week 1 schedule/results Thursday, October 23 KCAC Men’s Basketball Bethel 94, Oklahoma Panhandle 68 Ottawa 80, Hesston 60   Friday, October 24 KCAC Men’s Basketball Avila 84, University of Health, Science & Pharmacy St. Louis 79   Saturday, October 25 KCAC Men’s Basketball Iowa Northwestern 95, Friends 87 York 87, Hesston 60 KCAC Women’s Basketball Friends 81, Mid-America Christian 68 Oklahoma City 69, Oklahoma Wesleyan ...

3 weeks ago
The North Central Kansas League has two football teams remaining alive in the 2025 football playoffs which will enter the quarterfinal stage this Friday night. Rock Creek will represent the NCKL in the Class 3A playoffs while Wamego will represent the NCKL in the Class 4A playoffs. Both Wamego and Rock Creek will play on their ...

4 weeks ago
The 2025 fall season is heading down the home stretch of the season with postseason activity beginning in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association. This Saturday marks the final regular season action in the MIAA football season and the MIAA title for 2025 will be determined in Pittsburg where the Gorillas will play host to Northwest Missouri ...

4 weeks ago
The 2025 fall season is wrapping up in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference and regular season champions are being crowned while postseason tournaments are taking place. There is one week remaining in the KCAC football regular season and Kansas Wesleyan has won the Bissell Division title thanks to its season-opening victory against Ottawa as those two ...