7 years ago
Ell-Saline entered play Thursday evening seeking an opportunity to play for the championship at the 44th Annual Canton-Galva Boys' Basketball Tournament.  First though, the Cardinals found themselves seeking something far different. Some miscommunication regarding the proper-colored uniform the Cardinals were to wear for their semifinal-round matchup with the Wichita Home School Warriors left some Cardinal players ...

7 years ago
Coming in to the first round of the Salina Invitational Tournament, the Sslina South boys' basketball team had lost five-consecutive games and was the bottom seed of the tournament. No one told the Cougars, as South would dominated the second half on their way to a 55-44 win over top-seeded Goodland. Salina South would follow the same ...

7 years ago
The Abilene Cowboys had their four game winning streak snapped in the opening round of the Salina Invitational Tournament in a 58-51 loss to Andover.  It was a rematch of last year’s SIT Championship game, a game Abilene won 56-53. It looked early on like the Cowboys would defeat the Trojans for a third straight time ...

7 years ago
Smoky Valley girls tried their best to get their first win of the year. Even 6 threes by Kira Haxton could not get the Vikings enough points to get their first victory. Trailing 11-8 after 1 the Vikings Haxton fueled 17 point burst in the 2nd quarter to take a25-23 lead at the half but ...

7 years ago
The McPherson County Rivalry was as good as advertised Wednesday night at the Sports Center in McPherson. Bethany scored 85 points in the final 25 minutes of the contest to rally for a 109-100 overtime win. McPherson used a 23-4 run midway through the first half to take a 44-24 lead into the locker room. Bethany ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball team knew how challenging Wilson Field House can get. KWU ignored the magic from the arena. The Coyotes forced 25 turnovers, picked up 20 offensive rebounds and the Coyotes edged the Ottawa Braves 49-45 on Wednesday. Kansas Wesleyan snapped a four-game losing skid in the regular season at Wilson Field House. Nearly half ...

7 years ago
Ell-Saline trailed the Wichita Classical Saints following each of the first three quarters Wednesday night in the opening round of the 44th Annual Canton-Galva Boys' Basketball Tournament.  Fortunately for the Cardinals, high school basketball is a four-quarter affair. Ell-Saline outscored Wichita Classical 18-12 over the final eight minutes for a come-from-behind 63-60 victory to stun the ...

7 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. – Behind 33 points from Shake Milton, SMU snapped No. 7/4 Wichita State's 27-game Charles Koch Arena winning streak, 83-78, Wednesday night. SMU (13-6, 3-3 American) shot 63.8 percent from the field and connected on 11-of-22 attempts from three. Wichita State (15-3, 5-1) lost at the Roundhouse for the first time since Feb. 13, 2016 ...

7 years ago
Smoky Valley boys got a lead on the Lions after 1 quarter and pushed it to 30-15 at the half riding the strong performance of Jacob Adams 17 first half point total. Smoky kept the Lions from making any kind of a comeback and went on to win 62-37. Salina Ortho player of the game ...

7 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Paced by 20-point efforts from juniors Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade, Kansas State put together one of its most complete performances of the season with an 87-69 win over No. 4/6 Oklahoma in front of a season-high crowd of 10,744 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Tuesday night. K-State (13-5, 3-3 Big 12) ...

7 years ago
The Minneapolis Lions opened up their first ever appearance in the Adolph Rupp Tournament at Halstead against the host school tonight. The Lions came into the 48th Annual event as the 6-seed while the Halstead Dragons were the 3-seed. This was the second matchup between these two squads this season. Halstead, the number two team in ...