6 years ago
Mid-season tournament time is here! Hear from 11 different coaches during the Coaches Corner, every Saturday morning from 8 to 9, live from Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn. Stop by for a delicious breakfast buffet or order a special item off the superb menu. Coaches on the show this week: Salina Central’s Chris Fear and Doug ...

6 years ago
The South girls ran into a buzzsaw in Liberal in round two of the Salina Invitational Tournament, falling to the one seed Lady Reds by a final of 54-37. The Lady Cougars kept it close through the first quarter, trailing 11-7 upon it's conclusion. A 7-0 run by Liberal to open the second frame pushed ...

6 years ago
Salina Central girls basketball coach Chris Fear was concerned about Andover's three-point shooting. Instead, it was Central's sharpshooting that did the trick. Senior Selah Merkle poured in a career-high 25 points, Central drilled six threes in the first half, and the Mustangs handled the Trojans, 68-44, securing a spot in the Salina Invitational Tournament championship. Central squares ...

6 years ago
The Abilene High School basketball teams pick up a pair of wins in the consolation semifinals Friday and both will play for 5th place on Saturday in the Salina Invitational Tournament. The Cowgirls defeated Concordia 41-26.  It was the second time they had defeated the Lady Panthers this season.  The Cowboys didn’t play well in ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline varsity boys' basketball squad suffered its ninth setback of the season Friday afternoon, falling to Bennington 67-59 in the consolation bracket finals of the 45th Annual Canton-Galva Boys' Basketball Tournament at Canton-Galva High School. The Cardinals battled from behind for most of the afternoon.  After Ell-Saline got out to a 7-4 lead in the ...

6 years ago
In 5th place Girls action the Vikings got behind early and just could not get enough offense going and fell to the Buffaloes by the score of 61-34

6 years ago
The Hugoton Eagles took third place over the Smoky Valley Vikings in the Sterling Invitational Tournament by the score of 52-44. The Eagles led 13-11 after one, and 23-20 at the half. They went on a 10-0 run to start the 3rd quarter to stretch their lead to 13, but the Vikings would battle back ...

6 years ago
After the second loss to Halstead this season, Minneapolis was looking for a bounce back in the second round of the Adolph Rupp tournament against 7th seed Winfield. It started out with a hot run from the Winfield Vikings, taking an early lead. The Lions bounced back however, and cut the lead down to one by ...

6 years ago
Girls Finals 1. Liberal 51, 8. Wichita West 29 5. Salina South 36, 4. Buhler 35 7. Andover 53, 2. Abilene 45 3. Salina Central 64, 6. Concordia 31 Boys Finals 8. Salina South 65, 1. Abilene 51 4. Andover 52, 5. Buhler 41 2. Salina Central 69, 7. Concordia 23 6. Wichita South 61, 3. Liberal 49 Games at South High 1:30 – Concordia Girls ...

6 years ago
The Salina South boys basketball team is still enjoying being the No. 8 seed in the Salina Invitational Tournament. Sophomore AJ Johnson was one of four Cougars in double figures, the defense clogged up the middle, and South took down top-seeded Abilene, 65-51. For the third straight year, South took down the No. 1 team in ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls fell for the first time on the season in the opening round of the Salina Innovational Tournament, to the Andover Lady Trojans 53-45.  The Cowgirls entered the tournament as the #2 seed and fell to 8-1 with the loss, while Andover won their third straight game to improve to 3-7 on the ...