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TSnews Garden Plain wrestler Gage Lee capped a memorable season on the mats by finishing second in the State at the Class 3-2-1A State wrestling tournament last weekend in Salina. Lee (175 pounds) pinned his first two opponents at State to reach the semifinals, where he won a 15-2 major decision over Elijah Webb of Atchison County to earn a shot at the State title.

TSnews The Campus Colts snapped a three-game losing streak with a big 81-63 home victory on senior night over the Salina Central Mustangs in their final contest of the regular season. Seniors Kaason Thomas, Andrell Burton, Jr., and Drake McPherson all came through with double-digit performances.

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys basketball team ended a solid season on a high note, hosting the Arkansas City Bulldogs on Friday and claiming a senior night win, 64-53. “We had eight different guys score in that game; we were getting production from a lot of different guys,” Lions head coach Blake Myers said.

TSnews The top-seeded Cheney Cardinals won convincingly in Monday’s substate opener, beating the No. 8 Chaparral Roadrunners 74-38.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls boys basketball team continued its winning streak with a 23-point road win to finish up the regular season, beating the host Belle Plaine Dragons 6340 on Feb. 20.

TSnews The Argonia Raiders boys basketball team and the Caldwell Bluejays were tied at the intermission of their first-round Class 1A Division II substate game last Thursday, but the Bluejays came through late to earn a 40-33 win. The Raiders end their season at 7-15.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers boys basketball team split its last two games of the regular season, winning 60-34 at Arkansas City on Tuesday, Feb. 20, then losing 63-44 at Andover Central on Feb.

The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team ended its season last Thursday with a 73-26 loss to Wichita Collegiate. With the loss, the Indians finished 5-15, just missing the cut for Class 4A substate play.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers boys wrestling team had a pair of wrestlers finish fifth at the Class 5A State tournament last Saturday at Hartman Arena in Park City. Braedyn Blasi took fifth at 144 pounds, while Lucas Freeman did the same at 215.

The Campus Colts boys wrestling team sent three to last weekend’s Class 6A State tournament at Hartman Arena in Park City, and one came close to coming home with a medal. Julio Sanchez split his four matches at 120 pounds and finished just one win short of a shot at the medal stand.