7 years ago
The Ell-Saline Cardinals carried the momentum of a Tuesday doubleheader sweep at Ellinwood into Saturday's Heart of America vs. Central Plains League Challenge matchups at McPherson College in McPherson. On paper, both the boys' and girls' from Ell-Saline and their respective opponents appeared to be evenly matched.  The Cardinal boys entered the afternoon at 2-3, squaring ...

7 years ago
The basketball season is in full swing. As is the Coaches Corner, live from Russell's Restaurant every Saturday from 8 to 9 am. Join 11 different high school basketball coaches from the area as they recap the week's action. Girls basketball coaches on show: Salina Central's Chris Fear, Salina South's Ryan Stuart, Sacred Heart's Arnold Schmidtberger, Southeast of ...

7 years ago
Salina Central senior Elisa Backes was frustrated by Salina South's defense all night long. But when the game mattered most, the future Nebraska-Kearney Loper made the difference. Backes spun down the left lane and buried a left-handed hook shot with four seconds left to give Central its 11th-straight win over rival South, 48-44. The game started with the ...

7 years ago
One year ago, Sacred Heart beat Minneapolis at the buzzer on a stunning layup at the end of regulation. In 2017, the result was eerily similar, with the Sacred Heart girls coming away with a 51-49 win. Though there was no buzzer-beater this time, the first match up of the year between league foes did not lack ...

7 years ago
The Abilene High School Basketball Teams opened league play tonight on the road at Concordia.  Abilene bounced back nicely with a pair of wins tonight after being swept by McPherson on Tuesday.  The Cowgirls used a fourth quarter comeback in their 53-47 victory while the Cowboys snapped a three game losing streak with a 58-38 ...

7 years ago
The Smoky Valley Vikings split a pair of games at home against 5-0 Halstead. In girls action, a 10-10 first quarter quickly changed as Halstead outscored the Vikings 34-12 in quarters two and three to win going away 57-28. Williams hit six threes as she totaled 24 points for the game. Freshman Gerber added 15. In the nightcap, ...

7 years ago
Kansas City is back on top. The Chiefs shut down Derek Carr and the Raiders offense, rookie Kareem Hunt ran for over 100 yards and Kansas City stayed in the AFC West championship hunt with a 26-15 take down of Oakland on Sunday. Kansas City lit up the Oakland defense to the tune of 408 yards on ...

7 years ago
Once quarterback Trevor Siemian went down, the Denver Broncos never panicked. Neither did replacement Brock Osweiler as he recorded three touchdowns in Denver’s 25-13 road win against Indianapolis. Denver started in a 10-0 hole through a quarter-plus of football. Indianapolis quarterback Jacoby Brissett ran for a seven-yard touchdown in the first and kicker Adam Vinatieri followed up ...

7 years ago
The Salina Liberty gets “defensive” with new roster additions! The Liberty announced the signings of Marrion Holmes, Eric Johnson and Kivar Thurmon. Marrion Holmes is a 6’1 317 defensive lineman from De Funkiak Springs, Florida. Holmes attended college at the University of West Georgia. During his senior year playing for the Wolves, Holmes had 36 total ...

7 years ago
KANSAS CITY, MO (December 14, 2017) – The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired right-handed pitchers Brad Keller and Burch Smith in separate trades following the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft.  Keller was selected fifth overall by the Cincinnati Reds, while Smith was taken sixth overall by the New ...

7 years ago
K-State found the defense it needed in the final minutes but couldn’t find the shots in a 61-54 loss to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Intrust Bank Arena Saturday night. Four Wildcats reached double figures, including a team-best 15 points from Xavier Sneed, but cold shooting – K-State missed its last eight attempts and didn’t ...