6 years ago
Tuesday night was a good night to be a cougar in Hutchinson. The Salina South boys and girls basketball teams both came to Salt City, and each took a win back home to Salina with them. In the girl's game the Cougars grabbed an early lead before falling behind. South trailed by one at the end ...

6 years ago
The Salina Central boys basketball team ended last season for Maize. The Eagles didn't forget. Brandle Easter Jr. poured in 17 points, the Maize defense bottled up the Central attack, and the No. 3 Eagles defeated No. 6 Central, 55-43, in the Mustangs' first home game of 2019. Salina Central has lost back-to-back games for the first ...

6 years ago
It wasn't easy, but the Sacred Heart boys basketball team came away with their eighth-straight win on Tuesday night--this time on the road against upstart Republic County, 67-45. The final score didn't represent how the Buffaloes made the Knights earn their 44th consecutive league win in-a-row. Republic County started the game up 9-4, when Sacred Heart's ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls held off Wamego 42-41 Tuesday night at Abilene High School to remain undefeated on the season at 7-0, 4-0.  The Cowboys bounced back after a disappointing loss last Friday to Marysville with an impressive 64-47 victory over the Red Raiders. The Cowgirls got off to a quick start as they led 10-4 at ...

6 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals' basketball squads ran into the proverbial buzzsaw Tuesday evening in Hutchinson, suffering a Heart of America League sweep at the hands of the Trinity Celtics. In the girls' matchup, Trinity's used its size and quickness to force 31 Ell-Saline turnovers, while six different Celtics connected from beyond the arc in a 55-15 Trinity ...

6 years ago
The task at hand was a difficult one for the Lady Lions, and facing the reigning runners up in the Class 2A state tournament from a season ago proved too much, as Minneapolis fell to the Lady Mustangs of Valley Heights 40-28. Minneapolis got behind the proverbial eight ball early and was never able to recover, ...

6 years ago
In the Girls game it took almost 5 minutes for either team to score, but the Vikings would break the seal and go on to lead 11-2 after one quarter and take a 17-11 lead into the half. And in the third quarter, both teams traded buckets and Hesston closed the gap but the Vikings ...

6 years ago
LINDSBORG – James Brooks (JR/Cherokee, Kan.) was too exhausted to eat, even though he hadn't had anything for several hours and had played extended minutes in Kansas Wesleyan's just-completed basketball game Monday night. "I'm sick, my body hurts," he said, standing on the court inside Bethany's Hahn Gymnasium afterwards. "They offered me food but I can't ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan's Courtney Heinen (JR/Axtell, Kan.) has been selected as the KCAC Women's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts in a pair of games for the Coyotes last week. The KCAC Player of the Week program is administered by the conference sports information directors. Heinen came off the bench in a pair of ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan's Marquis Kraemer (SO/Aurora, Colo.) has been selected as the KCAC Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in two wins for the Coyotes last week. The KCAC Player of the Week program is administered by the conference sports information directors. Kraemer continues to assert himself as a top defender in the KCAC, tasked ...

6 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas junior center Udoka Azubuike will miss the rest of the 2018-19 season due to surgery required to repair ligament damage in his right hand. "Udoka had an MRI done this morning and the MRI revealed he tore the same ligament in his right hand that he tore in his left hand his ...