7 years ago
Salina Central avenged a six-point December loss to Hutchinson Friday night at the Brickhouse. The Mustangs poured it on in the second half for a 49-29 win over the Salthawks. The 29 points allowed were the fewest by a Salina Central opponent all season. Hutchinson's slow tempo and grind it out style of play bothered Central ...

7 years ago
At Smoky Valley the Hesston Lady Swathers used a 12-0 run to jump start their offense and never looked back racing to a 33-13 lead at the half. Kaiser for the Swathers had 18 of her game high 24 points in the first half and Hesston went on to win 60-34, Salina Ortho player of ...

7 years ago
PHILADELPHIA – Shaquille Morris scored 24 points to reach 1,000 for his career, but No. 16/16 Wichita State stumbled to an 81-79 overtime loss at Temple, Thursday night at the Liacouras Center. WSU (17-5, 7-3 American) lost back-to-back road games for the first time in nearly five years. Temple (12-10, 4-6) overcame a seven-point deficit with 5:02 ...

7 years ago
The Sunflower Showdown went to the Kansas Jayhawks. K-State fell to the Hawks 70-54 on Big Monday. The Wildcats are looking to regroup against West Virginia. Voice of the Kansas State Wildcats Wyatt Thompson joined “In The Zone” on Wednesday to recap the recent surge of the men’s basketball team, talk about Kamau Stokes and gave insight ...

7 years ago
With Super Bowl Sunday looming, the Bethany women's basketball team outscored York by a touchdown in the first and second quarters, and pulled away for a 78-51 victory in Lindsborg Wednesday night. Bethany clamped down defensively in the first quarter, and forced seven Panther turnovers. Bethany led 17-10 after one, and built a 38-24 lead at ...

7 years ago
With the game tied with 20 seconds remaining, Kansas Wesleyan guard Terell Gandy wasn't afraid of the moment. The senior delivered with a go-ahead jumper from the right elbow with 1.9 seconds left, classmate Raul Neri powered his way to a career-high 23 points and the Coyotes (13-10, 11-6) stunned No. 6 Southwestern at Stewart Field House ...

7 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals returned to Heart of America League action Tuesday evening in Brookville.  It was the first home game in 25 days for the Cardinals, and the home crowd turned out in force, hungry for action and fueled by a doubleheader affair with long-time league rival Bennington.  Early on, it looked as if the ...

7 years ago
In 2016-17, the Salina Central girls basketball team won some nail-biting contests versus Newton. That trend continued Tuesday. Senior Myah Ward opened the tilt with three triples, junior Selah Merkle recorded a huge stick in the third and the 2-3 zone stymied the Newton Railers, allowing the Lady Mustangs to claim a 37-32 victory. Central (11-3, 4-2 ...

7 years ago
Sacred Heart's girls' team experienced something new on Tuesday night: a win over rival, Southeast of Saline, something no player on Sacred Heart's roster has ever experienced--not even their three seniors. In what was an ugly game offensively, Sacred Heart made a massive fourth quarter rally to beat Southeast of Saline, 28-24. The game would start off ...

7 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls and Cowboys both used second half runs to put away Wamego Tuesday night at Abilene High School.  The Cowgirls won 37-24 to improve to 10-4 and 4-2 in the NCKL.  The Cowboys too improved to 10-4 with their 52-32 win over the Red Raiders, and Abilene is now the only undefeated team ...

7 years ago
The Salina South Cougar basketball teams went on the road to Hays Tuesday night, and both the girls and boys teams came home with disappointing losses. The girls lost 55 - 50, while the boys fell short 66 - 56 in  game that was closer that than final score might indicate. In the girls game, the ...