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Cardinals take fourth at State

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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals volleyball team wrapped up its third trip to the State semifinals in as many years last Saturday by taking fourth at the Class 3A State tournament in Hutchinson. Cheney (37-7) faced off with two-time defending Class 3A State champion Heritage Christian in the semifinals and fell 17-25, 17-25.
The Cheney Cardinals celebrate a points against Heritage Christian Academy during Saturday’s Class 3A semifinal match in Hutchinson. HCA beat Cheney and went on to win the State title. Cheney placed fourth.

AHS Raiders finish win shy of 1A-II State volleyball semifinals

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TSnews The Argonia Raiders volleyball team came oh-so-close to advancing to the semifinals at the Class 1A Division II State tournament in Emporia. After splitting their first two matches of pool play at State (falling to Wallace County 16-25, 11-25 and beating Elyria Christian 20-25, 25-18, 25-18), the Raiders faced St.

Indians just miss semis at 4A State tournament

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TSnews The Clearwater Indians volleyball team finished a win shy of advancing out of pool play at the Class 4A State tournament last Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, but the Indians did beat the defending – and eventual – State champion along the way. Clearwater opened pool play last Friday by beating Bishop Miege 25-21, 25-18 – the only team to beat Miege as it ended up repeating as State champion.

Cheney girls place fourth at 3A State XC

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TSnews The Cheney girls cross country team placed fourth at Saturday’s Class 3A State cross country meet, held along with the 5A and 6A races at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. The Cardinals scored 149 points.

Tigers overcome slow start for big win over Trojans

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TSnews The Andover Trojans sprung a surprise on the Eisenhower Tigers during last Friday’s Class 5A football playoff game in Goddard. The Trojans came out in entirely different offenses and defenses, said Eisenhwoer head coach Darrin Fisher.
Carter Pabst, left, and Lucas Dickman celebrate Dickman’s touchdown early in the second quarter. He scored twice in the second quarter as the Eisenhower Tigers overcame an early deficit to beat Andover in last Friday’s playoff game in Goddard. Travis Mounts/Tsnews

Cheney cruises to playoff win over Colby

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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals scored all of their points in the first half of last Friday’s 50-0 playoff win against the Colby Eagles. The game was essentially a playoff tune-up for the Cardinals, who will face a much bigger challenge this Friday at home against the Holcomb Longhorns.

Colts wrap soccer season

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The Campus Colts boys soccer team concluded its season with a first-round regional defeat at Washburn Rural on Tuesday, Oct. 24, losing 10-0.

Conway Springs makes quick work of Stanton County

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TSnews It took very little time in last Friday’s Class 1A football playoff game to see that the Conway Springs Cardinals were the better team. The host Cardinals scored 28 points and forced two turnovers in the first quarter alone.
Eli Howard runs through a line of teammates as the Conway Springs Cardinals are introduced before the start of Friday’s home playoff game. The Cardinals easily defeated Stanton County. Conway Springs will be back at home this Friday for a 7 p.m. game with Sterling, a team that Conway Springs faced in the regular season. Travis Mounts/Tsnews
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