6 years ago
The Salina Central boys basketball team started 2019 off on a sour note with back-to-back losses to open up from break. Central appears to have regained its mojo after back-to-back blowout wins, including a 69-23 victory over Concordia in the first round of the Salina Invitational Tournament on Thursday night at the Brick House. Central played a ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinal varsity boys' basketball squad snapped a four-game losing streak Thursday evening with a 72-65 victory over the Canton-Galva Eagles in the consolation semifinal round of the 45th Annual Canton-Galva Boys' Basketball Tournament. Ell-Saline's 1-3-1 half court trap defense forced nine Eagle turnovers in the first quarter, helping the Cardinals out to a 14-7 ...

6 years ago
Vikings play in the third place game Friday falling to Beloit by the score of 55-49. Vikings led after one quarter 15-13, and 25-22 at the half, but Beloit led 37-35 after 3. In the 4th quater the Vikings trailed 39-38 only to see Beloit go on a 9-0 run to go up 10 38-48 ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball team and coach Ryan Showman knew it would be no easy task on Wednesday night as the Coyotes faced seventh-ranked Sterling at Mabee Arena. After falling behind early, the Coyotes rallied and held off several charges by the Warriors to come away with an 89-73 victory in front of a large, ...

6 years ago
NORMAN, Okla. – Senior Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade combined for 45 points, as Kansas State led wire-to-wire in knocking off its second consecutive Top 25 opponent on the road with a 74-61 win over No. 20/19 Oklahoma in front of 7,597 fans at the Lloyd Noble Center on Wednesday night. It marked the first ...

6 years ago
Wednesday night might have been the most fun the Bethany women's basketball team had had all year. Not only did the Swedes exit Stuart Fieldhouse with an 84-55 win, but they have built some momentum with back-to-back wins. Both teams exchanged buckets early before the Swedes got out to an 11-3 lead midway through the first. A ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline High School boys' basketball squad fell in defeat Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of the 45th Annual Canton-Galva Midseason Boys' Basketball Tournament, falling 66-34 to the Wichita Classical High School Saints. Offense was hard to come by for the tournament's sixth-seeded team in the first quarter, as the Cardinals fell behind the third-seeded ...

6 years ago
In SIT tournament play the Vikings using the 3 point shot got out to early leads of 16-9 after 1 and 33-21 halftime, but the Lyons Lions would  not go away and with 3:50 left in the 4th quarter after getting the lead to 50-38 the Lions went on an 8-0 run to close the ...

6 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – A career-high 20 points from sophomore guard Marcus Garrett along with a 21-point effort from senior guard Lagerald Vick helped the No. 7/8 Kansas Jayhawks hold off an upset-minded Texas Longhorns squad, 80-78, Monday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. Redshirt-junior Dedric Lawson added 13 of his 17 points in the second-half as the ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show puts a spotlight on various programs, coaches and student athletes at KWU. Join voice of the Coyotes Pat Strathman at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn on Mondays from 6 to 7 pm. This week’s show was moved to Thursday because of conflicts. If you’re a student, head out to ...

6 years ago
https://soundcloud.com/oddittenger/matt-drinkall-final-1-14/s-iq9jn Matt Drinkall, architect of the most successful era in Kansas Wesleyan football history and the Kansas Conference's greatest single season ever, has announced his resignation. Drinkall will join head coach Jeff Monken's staff at NCAA Division I FBS Army West Point and serve as an offensive analyst for the Black Knights, who were 11-2 this fall ...