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The Garden Plain Owls boys basketball team finished play in the Hesston tournament with a 48-36 win over the Nickerson Panthers on Friday in Hesston. The victory followed losses earlier last week at home to Rose Hill and at Hesston, giving the Owls a 1-2 record in the early-season round robin tournament.

The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team got its first win of the season last Tuesday against the host Eagles in the opeming game of the Kingman Eagle Classic, but came up short against Great Bend 42-35 last Thursday, then fell to Haven 51-32 last Saturday in the third-place game at the Classic.

The visiting Andover Central Jaguars beat the Campus Colts girls basketball team 66-13 last week on Tuesday in Haysville. The Colts struggled to generate much offense in falling to 0-2.

Cheney Cardinals Class 3A State Champions .

The Conway Springs Cardinals lost their season-opening game to the rival Garden Plain Owls. It was the Cardinals’ fifth straight loss to the Owls, and the second time in two years they lost their season opener to Garden Plain.

The Cardinals made an opening-week statement by putting up 34 unanswered points in a beatdown of the Eagles. The Eagles, the Class 2A State runners-up in 2022, jump-started last season with a two-touchdown win at Cheney, This year, the Cardinals left no doubt who was the better team in the rematch.

TSnews When the Conway Springs Cardinals lifted the Class 1A State football championship in the snow at Lewis Field at Fort Hays State University two Saturdays ago, it signified the latest chapter in a long story of success over the past 25 years. Head coach Matt Biehler has been there for all of it, as an assistant coach through the early years and as the head coach for the past two championships, this year and in 2011.

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TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals’ 35-6 victory over the Jefferson County North Chargers on Nov. 25 gave the Cardinals their eighth State football championship, and first at the Class 1A level.