4 years ago
McPHERSON – The Kansas Wesleyan women appeared to be in good shape in their quest to end a two-game losing streak Saturday night. Caila Hill (SO/Rossville, Kan.)'s basket gave the Coyotes a 69-61 lead over McPherson with four minutes left but things quickly unraveled. The Bulldogs scored on six of their next seven possessions while KWU missed four ...

4 years ago
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 Salina South 57, Concordia 28 THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 Salina South 69, Liberal 31 2. Andover 70, 7. Salina Central 46 3. Buhler 65, 6. Wichita South 56 FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 Liberal 43, Concordia 42 2. Andover 80, 3. Buhler 56 7. Salina Central 47, 6. Wichita South 46 SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 Championship – Salina South 55, Andover 52 Third place –Buhler 66, Liberal 52 Fifth ...

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For a split second, the Salina Central girls basketball team thought it would receive an extra four minutes to claim a championship. Then, in an instant, the opportunity vanished. With 0.4 seconds left, Liberal threw a baseball pass to Rylie Hallman. The sophomore caught the basketball and threw up a 17-foot shot before the horn. The ball ...

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South 55, Andover 52 A year ago, the Salina South boys simply were not ready to compete with a team as gifted as the Andover Trojans, who went undefeated in 2019-20 and came into Saturday's SIT title game sporting a top five 5A ranking and a 10-1 record. Andover handled South to win the tournament in ...

4 years ago
The Salina Central Mustangs produced a second straight strong performance in the 42nd Annual Salina Invitational Tournament on Saturday, defeating Concordia 50-34 to place 5th. The Mustangs started the game with a 9-0 run along with some solid defense and led the Concordia Panthers 9-6 after the first quarter.  It was more of the same in ...

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The Salina South Girls fell behind early in the 3rd place game in this year’s Salina Invitational Tournament, but then rallied to a big 10 point win over Andover, 45-35. After trailing 16 to 8 after the first quarter, South fell behind by double digits early in the second period.  Then the Cougars would outscore the ...

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It was another tough outing for the Ell-Saline Cardinals this afternoon, as they dropped a close one to Bluestem by a final of 50-46 this Saturday afternoon. Head coach Marty Wendel liked the Cardinals' odds in this one, as Bluestem entered at 3-5 on the season. The Cardinals and Lions went back and forth for the ...

4 years ago
NORMAN, Okla. – No. 9 Kansas was defeated by Oklahoma, 75-68, Saturday afternoon in an intense Big 12 Conference road matchup played in the Lloyd Noble Center. In a game featuring six ties and nine lead changes, Oklahoma took the lead with just under nine minutes remaining to be played and refused to give it up. The ...

4 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – No. 14/15 West Virginia used its defense to force K-State into 28 turnovers, including 18 in the first half, as the Mountaineers posted a 69-47 win over the Wildcats on Saturday afternoon in front of a limited capacity crowd of 931 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. The 28 turnovers were the sixth-most by a K-State ...

4 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls closed out the S.I.T. with a 49-15 victory in the 7th place game, Saturday afternoon, at Lakewood Middle School.  The 15 points by Wichita West, was the fewest points by a girl’s team in the 10 years that the girls have been part of the tournament.  Abilene improved to 2-7 with victory.  ...

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