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TSnews With just 30 points scored in the first half – and only 11 of them by the Campus Colts – Saturday’s 6A substate championship game between the Colts and the Derby Panthers boys basketball team was shaping up to be an ugly contest. It was a beautiful win for the Colts, however, who won 46-45 in overtime against their arch rival.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals boys basketball team has come painfully close to making it to State several times since its last trip 12 years ago. The Cardinals won 17 games in 2016, but lost in the substate semifinals.

This week’s TSnews Athletes of the Week are Allie Gentry, McKenzie Goupil and Riley Emerson. The Campus Colts’ trio of bowlers medaled at last week’s 6A State tournment, helping the Colts to their seventh championship in a decade..

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys basketball team ended their season playing in their first substate championship game since Eisenhower High School split off from Goddard more than a decade ago, losing at Kapaun 72-42 on March 1. “We just had no juice, no energy,” Lions head coach Blake Myers said.

TSnews The Independent Panthers girls basketball team jumped out to an 18-3 lead after one quarter in last Thursday’s Class 2A substate semifinal, and beat the Garden Plain Owls 62-29 in Sedgwick. Leading 37-13 at halftime, the Panthers extended their lead with a 17-6 run through the third quarter in the substate semifinal game.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls basketball team traveled to Hays for a substate opener on Feb. 28, losing 53-45 in overtime.

TSnews After a season where they struggled to gain traction, the Eisenhower Tigers girls basketball team was rewarded with a game versus the undefeated Andover Trojans for their substate opener on Feb. 28.

WICHITA – Zach Wessley, a member of the Goddard Lions State-championship wrestling team, will be part of the inaugural Kansas Shrine Duals. Wessley and the other wrestlers were announced by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA).

TSnews The Attica Bulldogs girls basketball team held Argonia to just two firsthalf field goals on the way to a 49-29 win over the Raiders last Friday in the Class 1A Division II substate semifinals at South Haven. With the loss, Argonia ends its season with a record of 13-10.

10 Years Ago Cheney High School senior Paul Frank made the State Honor Choir for the second time in his high school career. Frank was selected through a rigorous process as one of the top 15 tenors in the south-central district of the state of Kansas, which qualifies him for the ultimate honor of being All-State.