2022-2023 NCKL Girls Basketball Standings
NCKL Overall
Team W L W L
Wamego 7 0 1.000 3 0 1.000
Clay Center 4 3 0.571 2 2 0.500
Chapman 4 3 0.571 2 2 0.500
Marysville 2 5 0.286 2 2 0.500
Abilene 1 6 0.143 1 2 0.333
Concordia 2 6 0.250 1 3 0.250
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Concordia 51, Republic County 39
Wamego 52, St. Marys 38
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Wamego 61, Concordia 19
Friday, January 6, 2023
Chapman 47, Clay Center 43
Marysville 35, Abilene 26
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
SE of Saline at Clay Center
Marysville at Concordia
Chapman at Beloit
Wamego at Abilene
Friday, January 13, 2023
Marysville at Wamego
Abilene at Clay Center
Concordia at Chapman
2022-2023 NCKL Boys Basketball Standings
NCKL Overall
Team W L W L
Marysville 6 1 0.857 4 0 1.000
Wamego 6 1 0.857 3 0 1.000
Abilene 4 4 0.500 2 1 0.667
Concordia 5 3 0.625 1 3 0.250
Clay Center 2 5 0.286 1 3 0.250
Chapman 1 6 0.143 0 4 0.000
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
St. Mary’s Academy 53, Abilene 43
Concordia 62, Republic County 38
Wamego 61, St. Marys 55
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Wamego 59, Concordia 49
Friday, January 6, 2023
Clay Center 67, Chapman 47
Marysville 57, Abilene 49
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
SE of Saline at Clay Center
Marysville at Concordia
Chapman at Beloit
Wamego at Abilene
Friday, January 13, 2023
Marysville at Wamego
Abilene at Clay Center
Concordia at Chapman
By CHRISTIAN D ORR
Kansas Preps Weekly
Wamego High School continues with its athletic dominance over the rest of the North Central Kansas League during the 2022-2023 school year.
The Lady Raiders, who went undefeated in the NCKL volleyball season, are still undefeated in basketball while the Raider boys, who also won the NCKL football championship this past fall, are in 2nd place in the NCKL boys standings with a 6-1 record and are still 3-0 in NCKL action.
The Wamego wrestlers, meanwhile, did drop an NCKL dual this past Thursday night against Concordia, but the Red Raider wrestlers rebounded on Saturday and won the team championship in the Rossville Invitational.
Here is a look at what each NCKL school did in their respective teams during the first week following the 2022 Christmas Break :
ABILENE
The Abilene High School basketball teams have had a rough start to 2023 as they have lost all three of the games they have played, thus far. The Cowboys opened action this past Tuesday night when they played St. Mary’s Academy, but suffered a 53-43 loss. Friday night the Cowboys and Cowgirls got swept in an NCKL doubleheader against Marysville as the Cowgirls lost the opener 35-26 and the Cowboys were unable to salvage a split in the nightcap as they lost 57-49. … The Abilene wrestling team opened their action in 2023 this past Thursday night when they got defeated by Augusta High School 46-21. The Cowboys returned to the mats on Saturday at the Salina South Invitational where they finished in 2nd place with 148.5 points. The Cowgirl wrestlers also competed in the Salina South Invitational where they finished in 6th place with 50 points. The Cowboys actually had a split team on Saturday where they also competed in Herington, where they finished with 48 points to finish in 16th place.
CHAPMAN
The Chapman basketball teams got back into action in 2023 this past Friday night when they split an NCKL doubleheader against Clay Center. The Lady Irish opened the evening scoring a 47-43 victory over Clay Center, but the Irish boys were unable to complete the sweep as they dropped a 62-47 contest. … The Chapman Irish wrestlers returned to action this past Saturday at Herington, where they finished in 7th place with 8t points.
CLAY CENTER
The Clay Center basketball teams saw their first action of 2023 this past Friday night when they split an NCKL doubleheader against Chapman as the Lady Tigers dropped the opener 47-43, but the Tiger boys were able to salvage a split in the nightcap with a 67-47 victory. … The Tiger wrestling team traveled to Herington this past Saturday where they won the tournament with 208 points.
CONCORDIA
The Concordia basketball teams have got off to a 2-2 start in 2023 thus far. The Concordia basketball teams opened the 2023 portion of their schedule this past Tuesday when they scored a doubleheader sweep against Republic County with the Lady Panthers scoring a 51-39 victory and the Panther boys completing the sweep with a 62-38 win. Tables were turned for Concordia, however, on Thursday night when they got swept in an NCKL doubleheader against Wamego with the Lady Panthers dropping a 61-19 contest in the opener, and the Panther boys unable to salvage a split in the nightcap as they lost 59-45. … The Panther wrestling team opened action in 2023 with an NCKL dual victory over Wamego this past Thursday night, scoring a 43-36 victory.
MARYSVILLE
The Marysville basketball teams opened 2023 with an NCKL doubleheader sweep this past Friday night against Abilene. The Lady Bulldogs opened the action scoring a 35-26 victory and the Bulldog boys were able to complete the sweep with a 57-49 win. … The Marysville wrestling teams traveled north of the border this past week for their first action of 2023 as they Lady Bulldogs competed in the Beatrice, Nebraska tournament on Friday where they competed, but didn’t have any wrestlers score any points. The Bulldog boys, meanwhile, also competed in Beatrice on Saturday, where they scored 139 points and finished in 4th place.
WAMEGO
The Wamego High School basketball teams built a combined 4-0 record this past week as they combined to sweep St. Mary’s on Tuesday night, with the girls winning 52-38 and the boys completing the sweep, 61-55. The Raiders and Lady Raiders then swept Concordia on Thursday night with the girls opening with a 61-19 victory and the Raider boys completing the sweep with a 59-49 victory. … The Wamego wrestling team opened its 2023 action this past Thursday night when they dropped an NCKL dual against Concordia, falling 43-36. The Wamego boys and girls wrestling teams also competed on Saturday at Rossville where the Raider boys finished in 1st place with 213 points while the Lady Raiders finished in 11th place with 97 points.
