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Picture courtesy of Huey Counts Salina Central junior Kaylie Shultz has been named the 2025–26 Gatorade Kansas Girls Cross Country Player of the Year, the highest individual honor in high school athletics. Shultz is one of 610 high school student athletes honored each year. State winners are chosen in 12 different sports and one national finalist will ...

3 weeks ago
As the North Central Activities Association enters the 2026 mid-season basketball tournament week, the NCAA basketball standings remain similar to they were a week ago with Beloit leading both boys’ and girls’ standings while Sacred Heart is in 2nd place in both standings, despite the Knight boys being the only NCAA team still protecting an ...

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Picture courtesy of Tanner Colvin Salina South's girls make no secret of their desire to hoist a Salina Invitational Tournament championship trophy. For a Cougar team dominated by seniors, this is their final chance to win a title that has eluded South since 2013. "We were looking (last week), seeing who was in the SIT this year and ...

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Pictures courtesy of Jenna Hull The Ell-Saline Cardinals opened up the Eli J. Walter Invitational tonight as they would travel to Belleville for the opening night in the north pool. Ell-Saline Cardinals boys were up first as they took on the Bennington Bulldogs and the lady Cards followed as they took on the Republic County Lady ...

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As the North Central Kansas League enters the 2026 mid-season basketball tournament portion, things remain similar in the NCKL basketball standings as they did last week. Rock Creek continues to lead the NCKL boys’ standings with a 10-0, 5-0 record while Concordia is in 2nd at 7-2, 4-1, followed by Clay Center with a 6-3, 4-2 ...

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While the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is in the middle portion of the 2025-26 winter campaign, the 2026 KCAC spring sports season is scheduled to begin for some teams this week. Here is a look at when each KCAC school will begin its 2026 spring sports season: AVILA The Lady Eagle softball team will open its season February ...

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With teams settling into the home stretch in the 2025-26 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association winter season, there was one change in the women’s standings and none in the men’s standings this past week. Things remained the same this week in the MIAA men’s basketball standings with Washburn atop with a 17-0, 7-0 record while Arkansas Fort ...

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Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Winter Week 11 schedule/results Tuesday, January 13 KCAC Men’s Wrestling Ottawa 41, York 11 KCAC Women’s Wrestling Ottawa 44, York 5   Wednesday, January 14 KCAC Men’s Basketball Evangel 82, Avila 61 Bethany 91, Sterling 88 Southwestern 74, Friends 71 McPherson 84, Kansas Wesleyan 72 Oklahoma Wesleyan 90, Ottawa 81 Bethel 98, Tabor 58 Saint Mary 91, York 81 KCAC Women’s Basketball Evangel 72, Avila 71 Bethany ...

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Slight changes are taking place in the middle portions of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference basketball standings as the KCAC settles into the middle portion of the 2025-26 season, but the teams at the top of the standings remain the same. Slight jostling occurred in the KCAC men’s basketball standings this past week, but Oklahoma Wesleyan ...

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Things remain the same atop the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II this past week atop both boys’ and girls’ basketball standings with Andover High holding the top spot in both polls, Salina Central sitting in 2nd in both polls and Eisenhower in third place in both polls. Andover High continues to lead the AVCTL II ...

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Pictures courtesy of Diane Dowell at Salina Photography GIRLS: SEDGWICK 53, ELL-SALINE 41 Coming off their second win of the season Ell-Saline was looking to stay on the winning side of things as they welcomed the 1-8 Sedgwick Cardinals to Brookville. Ell-Saline used a late surge and big 4th quarter from sophomore Aubrey Smith but fall short ...