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The Halstead Dragons had a dominant first half in defeating the Garden Plain Owls girls basketball team 50-34 in Saturday’s Class 3A substate championship in Haven. The Dragons limited the Owls’ offense to 14 first-half points, fewer points than the Dragons scored in each of the first two quarters.

All season, the Cheney Cardinals boys basketball team has had a goal of starting fast against opponents. They did that last Friday against the Hesston Swathers in a Class 3A substate championship, played in Haven.

The Campus Colts girls have state’s best bowling program, and they have receipts in the form of another State championship trophy. The Colts on March 4 won the Class 6A State title.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team ended its season with a 79-37 loss at Andale last Thursday. With the loss, the Indians finish the season with a record of 3-20.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers girls basketball team closed the regular season with a pair of wins last week, edging Andover Central 46-45 in overtime on Tuesday, Feb. 24, before rolling past Arkansas City 69-46 at home on Thursday, Feb.

TSnews Nate Eck wrapped up a strong season on the mat for the Garden Plain Owls when he finished fifth at the Class 3-2-1A State wrestling tournament last Saturday at Fort Hays State University. Eck shook off a quarterfinal loss to Corbin Franklin of Rawlins County to win three of his final four matches, including a 6-0 decision over Karsen Garner of Flinthills in the fifth-place match.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team had little trouble in its Class 2A substate opener against the Republic County Buffaloes last Thursday, rolling to a 45-13 win. The Cardinals sprinted out to an 11-3 lead after the opening period, then pitched a shutout in the second quarter to take a 24-3 lead to the locker room.

TSnews Not even a pair of losses to end the regular season could entirely spoil last week for the Clearwater Indians girls basketball team. Not only had the Indians secured the No.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls basketball team soared to a 53-19 home win over the Council Grove Braves last Friday in their Class 3A substate opening-round game. The second-seed Cardinals (18-5) are the highest seeded team in the substate bracket.

TSnews The Argonia Raiders girls basketball team continued its march toward its first State tournament appearance in many years with a 60-28 win over the Minneola Wildcats in Class 1A Division II substate semifinal action at Argonia. “It’s always exciting to get a postseason win and even more to get a chance to go to State,” Argonia coach Morgan Grippin said.