8 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls captured a 3rd place finish at the Salina Invitational Tournament for at second straight year.  Abilene led from start to finish in their 50-36 victory over Salina South at Kansas Wesleyan University. Abilene Junior, Hannah Willey scored 12 of her game high 16 points in the first half.  She helped the Cowgirls get ...

8 years ago
The Salina South boys and girls basketball teams took similar paths Saturday to finish 4th in the Salina Invitational Basketball Tournament. Both teams played well early on in their third place games at Maybee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. but faded late on the way to double digit losses. In the first game of ...

8 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Redshirt sophomore Malik Newman scored nine points in the final three minutes to help Kansas close the game on an 11-2 run and withstand the Baylor Bears, 70-67, Saturday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. Newman led all scorers with 24 points in the game that saw the Jayhawks come back from a six-point ...

8 years ago
The Minneapolis Lions finished up their first appearance in the Adolph Rupp Tournament on Saturday afternoon against the Rose Hill Rockets in the fifth place game. Minneapolis was the 6-seed in the tournament, while Rose Hill was the 4-seed. This was the fifth game in eight days for Minneapolis. Offensively, the Lions struggled to score in ...

8 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A balanced scoring effort led by a game-high 20 points from junior Dean Wade helped carry Kansas State to its second consecutive Top 25 win of the week in a 73-68 victory over No. 24/25 TCU before a season-best crowd of 11,194 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. With today's win, the Wildcats (14-5, 4-3 ...

8 years ago
HOUSTON -- No. 7/4 Wichita State suffered its first road loss in over a year Saturday, falling 73-59 at Houston. WSU (15-4, 5-2 American) entered the day with a share of the nation's longest true road winning streak (11) but committed 18 turnovers and shot a season-low 32.8 percent. Shaquille Morris scored a team-high 12 points with ...

8 years ago
The basketball season is in full swing. As is the Coaches Corner, live from Russell’s Restaurant every Saturday from 8 to 9 am. Join 11 different high school basketball coaches from the area as they recap the week’s action. Girls basketball coaches on show: Salina Central’s Chris Fear, Salina South’s Ryan Stuart, Sacred Heart’s Arnold Schmidtberger, Southeast of ...

8 years ago
Salina Central boys basketball coach Doug Finch challenged his squad at halftime. His team answered in the biggest way. The Mustangs stormed back from 14 points down, locking down the Buhler Crusaders for a 56-44 victory Friday at Mabee Arena. After trading buckets in the first few moments of the game, the Mustangs settled with an 8-7 cushion. ...

8 years ago
A pair of longtime Heart of America League rivals hooked up Friday evening to do battle in the third-place game at the 44th Annual Canton-Galva Boys' Basketball Tournament, as top-seeded Bennington met up with sixth-seeded Ell-Saline.  By halftime, it appeared the route was on. Bennington, led by senior guard J.J. Allen's 12 first-half points, held a ...

8 years ago
Salina Invitational Tournament – Girls 1. Liberal over 8. Goodland 56-16 5. Salina South over 4. Andover 52-46 OT 2. Abilene over 7. Buhler 45-36 3. Salina Central over 6. Concordia 49-47 Championship bracket 1. Liberal over 5. Salina South 47-26 3. Salina Central over 2. Abilene 52-40 Third place - 5. Salina South vs 2. Abilene on Saturday at 2:00 on Y93.7 Championship ...

8 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls lost in the semifinals of the Salina Invitational Tournament Friday night to Salina Central 52-40 at Kansas Wesleyan University. Abilene will play South for 3rd Place Saturday at Kansas Wesleyan University.  South lost 47-26 in the other semifinal game. Central got off to a fast start against the Cowgirls as the Lady Mustangs ...