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Owls end tourney with a win

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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.

CS girls 4th at Kingman

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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.

Campus girls fall to Jaguars

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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 creates perfection

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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.
Cheney lineman Taj Thomas (60) puts pressure on Hayden quarterback Connor Hanika. Travis Mounts/TSnews

Coaching consistency leads to ongoing success

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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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