Sports

Body The Clearwater Indians girls basketball team raced out to an early lead last Tuesday and never looked back to take a 51-33 win over the visiting Arkansas City Bulldogs. Clearwater (1-1) opened a 19-7 lead after the opening period and pushed its advantage to 33-15 by halftime.

Body The Garden Plain girls basketball team went 2-1 in play at the Hesston tournament this week. Garden Plain, Hesston, Rose Hill and Nickerson play a round-robin tournament annually, rotating hosting duties.

Body The Goddard Lions girls played their second game of the season at Buhler on Tuesday, Dec. 5, winning 45-39.

Body The Argonia Raiders girls basketball team gathered some needed momentum as it took two out of three games at the Border Queen Tournament and placed third in the annual classic hosted by Caldwell.

Body The Goddard Lions girls wrestling team made the trip to Great Bend last weekend for the Christmas Clash and one wrestler came home with a topfour finish. Breann Bradley (170 pounds) won four matches by pin and ended up taking fourth at the event.

Body The Eisenhower Tigers boys and girls wrestling teams headed to Douglass last weekend to compete in the Douglass Goodwill Invitational, with the boys wrestling last Saturday and the girls taking to the mats the day before that.

Body The Campus Colts girls wrestling team turned in a solid performance at the Douglass Goodwill Invitational last Friday, finishing seventh at the 22-team event and placing four wrestlers in the top four.

Body The Garden Plain Owls wrestling team had four wrestlers end up in the top three and finished sixth as a team after a strong performance last Saturday at the Hesston Invitational.

Body The Cheney Cardinals boys and girls wrestling teams turned in a solid performance at the Hesston Invitational with five wrestlers – four boys and a girl – placing in the top four at the event.

Body After struggling in their season opening tournament at Pratt to open December, the Clearwater Indians boys and girls wrestling teams bounced back with several strong performances last week at Wellington, Douglass and Chase County.