7 years ago
Following over a decade of service as head football coach of the Salina Central Mustangs, Mike Hall has resigned. Hall broke the news to his players at 10 am Monday after notifying administration on Friday. Salina Central went 0-18 the last two seasons. The last victory was on October 30, 2015 against Newton in the final ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan starters Rashun Allen and Terell Gandy started the battle. The Coyote reinforcements finished the war. Sophomore Nate Leach had a key stick late, freshman Darius Hammond connected on two free throws, and the Coyotes used 47 bench points to sink the Bethany Swedes 80-77. KWU snapped a three-game losing skid while claiming the season ...

7 years ago
One thing everyone inside of Kansas Wesleyan's Mabee Arena learned on Saturday night: Salina Central's Harper Williams can shoot the ball. The Mustang junior guard would connect on eight 3-pointers to tie a SIT record--set back in 1995--and score 30 points to pace Central on their way to a 65-51 over Andover. In the last three games ...

7 years ago
Bethany snapped a five game losing streak to their rival Kansas Wesleyan Saturday night in Lindsborg, 62-48. The Swedes have now won eight of their last 10 contests, and moved to 9-5 in league play. It was déjà vu for Bethany early, when Kansas Wesleyan jumped out to a 10-2 lead with 3:17 left in the ...

7 years ago
The Abilene Cowgirls captured a 3rd place finish at the Salina Invitational Tournament for at second straight year.  Abilene led from start to finish in their 50-36 victory over Salina South at Kansas Wesleyan University. Abilene Junior, Hannah Willey scored 12 of her game high 16 points in the first half.  She helped the Cowgirls get ...

7 years ago
The Salina South boys and girls basketball teams took similar paths Saturday to finish 4th in the Salina Invitational Basketball Tournament. Both teams played well early on in their third place games at Maybee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. but faded late on the way to double digit losses. In the first game of ...

7 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Redshirt sophomore Malik Newman scored nine points in the final three minutes to help Kansas close the game on an 11-2 run and withstand the Baylor Bears, 70-67, Saturday night inside Allen Fieldhouse. Newman led all scorers with 24 points in the game that saw the Jayhawks come back from a six-point ...

7 years ago
The Minneapolis Lions finished up their first appearance in the Adolph Rupp Tournament on Saturday afternoon against the Rose Hill Rockets in the fifth place game. Minneapolis was the 6-seed in the tournament, while Rose Hill was the 4-seed. This was the fifth game in eight days for Minneapolis. Offensively, the Lions struggled to score in ...

7 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A balanced scoring effort led by a game-high 20 points from junior Dean Wade helped carry Kansas State to its second consecutive Top 25 win of the week in a 73-68 victory over No. 24/25 TCU before a season-best crowd of 11,194 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. With today's win, the Wildcats (14-5, 4-3 ...

7 years ago
HOUSTON -- No. 7/4 Wichita State suffered its first road loss in over a year Saturday, falling 73-59 at Houston. WSU (15-4, 5-2 American) entered the day with a share of the nation's longest true road winning streak (11) but committed 18 turnovers and shot a season-low 32.8 percent. Shaquille Morris scored a team-high 12 points with ...

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 ...