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The 2026 spring season has concluded for the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference’s baseball and softball season after all four of the KCAC teams which qualified for the NAIA national tournament were eliminated this past week. Kansas Wesleyan and Oklahoma Wesleyan each qualified for the championship games in their baseball regionals, but Kansas Wesleyan lost 9-8 against ...

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Chance Ptacek is the new Southeast of Saline Head Football Coach. According to the school, Ptacek brings a strong background in Trojan athletics, coaching experience, and a deep connection to the Southeast of Saline community. A graduate and former four-year football player at Southeast of Saline High School, Ptacek has dedicated much of his life to ...

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The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II has reached the conclusion of the 2026 spring regular season for baseball and softball and now the AVCTL II will await their postseason matchups which will be released this weekend by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Salina Central won the AVCTL II softball regular season crown with ...

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Salina will host a one-of-kind tournament for U-18 adaptive golfers this summer. The North American One-Armed Golfers Association or NAOAGA, promotes golf for individuals with upper-extremity disabilities and organizes events worldwide for adaptive golfers. NAOAGA Juniors will bring the first ever annual "Never Quit" Jr. Adaptive Golf Tournament and Clinic to the Salina Municipal Golf Course ...

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Picture courtesy of Sidney Brooks 2-1A REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL FINAL (5 innings): INMAN 11 ELL-SALINE 1 After suffering two losses to Inman in the regular season, the Cardinals were confident they could correct their mistakes from the mid-April doubleheader and advance past the 7-seeded Teutons. Ell-Saline, the 10-seed, sent Julian Roche to the mound in Thursday's win-or-go home game. The first inning ...

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The postseason has begun for the Heart of America Conference to conclude the 2026 spring season. The HOA baseball teams saw their regional tournaments begin on Thursday with four teams winning in the 1st round, including two of which eliminated fellow HOA rivals. Remington, Moundridge, Inman, and Hutchinson Trinty all had their baseball teams win their regional ...

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Local High School (NCKL, NCAA, HOA, AVCTL I, AVCTL II) Spring Week 9 schedule/results Monday, May 11 AVCTLI Softball Maize South 14, Wichita Northwest 4 Maize South 19, Wichita Northwest 0 AVCTLI Baseball Maize 11, Kapaun Mt. Carmel 0 NCAA Softball Ellsworth 10, Republic County 0 Ellsworth 19, Republic County 2 Minneapolis 15, Plainville 0 Minneapolis 16, Plainville 1 NCKL Softball Clay Center 20, Concordia 0 Clay Center 11, ...

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Summer collegiate baseball is returning to Salina. In its inaugural season, the Diamond Baseball League (DBL) is bringing the Salina Sliders to town. The roster will feature players from a variety of collegiate levels, including NAIA, junior college, and NCAA Division II and III programs. Founded by Ralph Nelson, Matt Perry and Bill Davidson, the DBL consists ...

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Picture courtesy of Mandy Ediger No one will ever confuse Josie Ebel's Salina Central swimming career for a fish-out-of-water story. From the time she joined a Salina club team at age 9, and even before that splashing around in her back yard, the pool has been both Ebel's obsession and her happy place. "I'd honestly say I fell ...

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The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League has entered the home stretch of the 2026 spring sports season with some AVCTL I baseball, softball and girls’ soccer teams still having some regular season games and/or matches remaining, some have already wrapped up their regular season and are preparing for postseason action. Derby won the AVCTL I regular ...

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Picture courtesy of Kansas Wesleyan Athletics Kansas Wesleyan Baseball outlasted the Concordia Bulldogs in a 12-inning thriller, then nearly knocked off the Johnson University Royals as a wild ninth inning comeback came up just short on the final day of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Salina Bracket at Dean Evans Stadium. The Coyotes would achieve ...