1 year ago
The second day of the Salina Invitational Tournament brought first-round winners to the championship bracket at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Salina South Cougars had a shot at securing spots in both championship games but faced two distinct semi-final defeats on Friday, leaving them to battle for third place in their respective brackets. GIRLS' FINAL: BUHLER 54 SOUTH 50 The ...

1 year ago
  Salina Central Lady Mustangs 66  Junction City 12 SALINA – The Salina Central Lady Mustangs took care of business in the consolation semifinals as expected Friday night at Salina Central in a game that was never close.  The 54 point lead at the end of the game was the large lead for Central.  In all, the ...

1 year ago
The entire Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II now has its boys’ basketball teams competing in mid-season tournaments, while some of the AVCTL II girls’ basketball teams are also competing in mid-season tournaments, while the rest of the girls’ teams will see their mid-season tournament action happen next week. As the AVCTL II enters mid-season tournament ...

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Pics courtesy of Jenna Hull BOYS: #3 ELL-SALINE 47, BENNINGTON 44 For the 2nd time this season the Ell-Saline Cardinals would do battle with the Bennington Bulldogs, the outcome was the same but tonight was a much closer game. Ell-Saline beat Bennington 64-56 on December 13th to win the Tri-County Classic. The semifinal game on Tuesday in ...

1 year ago
Day one of the 46th annual Salina Invitational Tournament, was hosted by Salina Central and South High Schools with much anticipation. For the Salina Central Mustangs, their opening-round games took place at home inside 'The Brickhouse,' providing a clear home-court advantage to kick off the tournament. GIRLS' FINAL: WAMEGO 38 SALINA CENTRAL 34 Starting with the 3-6 matchup in ...

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GIRLS: ELL-SALINE 40, SOLOMON 33 The Ell-Saline Lady Cardinals can breathe a sigh of relief as they pick up their first win of the season as they knock off Solomon 40-33 in the consolation semifinal game in Solomon Thursday night in the 58th Annual Eli J. Walter tournament. The lady Cardinals would get off to a hot ...

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The Salina South High School basketball teams both collected wins and advanced to Friday’s S.I.T. semifinals at KWU. Salina South Lady Cougars 42  Great Bend 12 SALINA: Salina South jumped on Great Bend early and never looked back Thursday night.  Salina South had seven players score and the 30 point margin at the end of the game ...

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  The Abilene High School basketball teams competed at the Salina Invitational Tournament on Thursday at Salina South.  Abilene lost both games and the Cowgirls and Cowboys will compete Friday in consolation play at Salina Central. Buhler 67  Abilene Cowgirls 44 SALINA: Buhler Senior, Natalya Krafels proved to be too much for Abilene Thursday night.  Abilene was able ...

1 year ago
The mid-season tournament time has arrived for the high school scene across the state of Kansas and the Heart of America Conference has all of its teams in the midst of different tournaments around the area. Going into the mid-season tournament time, however, the HOA is being led by the Ell-Saline boys and Moundridge boys’ basketball ...

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The Kansas Shrine Bowl has announced the four member Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to be inducted, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Manhattan. The 2025 class will be inducted during the Kansas Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame ceremony at the Coach Bill Snyder Family/Sunflower Chapter National Football Foundation Banquet. The event will be hosted ...

1 year ago
Mid-season tournament time has arrived for high school basketball across the state of Kansas and while many tournaments have started, the entire Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League I will see their tournament experiences begin this coming weekend. Most of the AVCTL I girls’ basketball teams saw action on Tuesday night, while the entire AVCTL I boys’ ...