Sports

The Campus High School track and field team will host its annual meet this Friday at Colt Stadium in Haysville. The meet begins at 3:30 p.m.

TSnews The Argonia Raiders went to Kiowa on April 9 to take part in the South Barber Invitational. The Raiders earned a pair of first-place finishes, and put athletes in the medal contention (top 6) in eight events.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals took part in last Friday’s Wayne Pipkin Invitational at Garden Plain. This was a participation meet with unlimited entries, and no team scores were kept.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers performed well last Friday at the Steve Crosley Invitational track and field meet, hosted by Wichita Heights. The Tigers had a number of top finishes, although team scores were not reported online.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls track and field team started last week by taking part in Belle Plaine’s participation meet on April 9. They competed again last Friday at their own participation meet.

TSnews The Eisenhower girls soccer team went 1-1 on the soccer field last week, losing 4-3 versus Maize on Tuesday, then rebounding with a 4-1 victory over McPherson. Hosting Maize, Tigers head coach Roger Downing said his team pretty much dominated play and possession throughout the game, but “a couple of breakdowns” resulted in Maize goals and required the Tigers to play catchup.

The Campus Colts girls soccer team got a welcome win at Salina Central on April 9, beating the Mustangs 2-1. “The girls played well,” Colts head coach Casey Reece said.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls soccer team had a strong showing last week, beating Newton 4-1 on Tuesday, then blowing out Salina Central 10-0 on Thursday. The Newton game seemed pretty evenly matched for the first 10 or 20 minutes, Lions head coach Josh Hansen said.

TSnews Three out of four boys tennis teams in the TSnews coverage area hosted meets last week, while the fourth, Eisenhower High School, had a break from varsity competition. At Campus High School, the Colts mostly struggled, finishing in seventh or eighth in their events.

TSnews Track athletes from Cheney, Clearwater and Goddard high schools tested themselves against some of the best competitors from the state last week at the Shocker Pre-State meet, held at Wichita State in conjunction with the K.T. Woodman collegiate meet.