Sports

TSnews Both the Eisenhower Tigers and the Conway Springs Cardinals girls tennis teams got wins on the tennis courts last week. The winners for the Cardinals were the doubles team of Janel Meyer and Natalie Doffing, going 3-0 to finish first in No.

TSnews Area runners placed at the Wellington Invitational cross county meet on Sept. 9.

The Goddard Lions volleyball team had a long day last Saturday at the Arkansas City Invitational, going 1-3 at the tournament. The Lions lost to Mulvane 23-25, 22-25, Clearwater 17-25, 20-25 and Andover Central 17-25, 1925, but beat Winfield 25-17, 25-19.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians earned not one, but two, big wins over powerful competition on the volleyball court last week. First, the Indians downed perennial State title contender Andale in three sets last Tuesday at Andale, 25-20, 19-25, 2522 to sweep a triangular that also included a 25-18, 25-15 win over Mulvane.

TSnews Playing last Thursday night, the host Garden Plain Owls and visiting Conway Springs Cardinals delivered another classic battle in this long-running rivalry. The Owls held on for a 20-14 victory.

TSnews The visiting Goddard Lions capitalized on Campus Colts turnovers to build a big first-half lead, as the Lions won last Friday’s football game in Haysville 46-8. Campus gave away the ball three times in the first half, with Goddard turning two of those turnovers into touchdowns.

TSnews Local-area girls tennis teams started their season, which is always short and competition-packed, compared to other fall sports. It was a slow start for most players, results-wise.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers and Cheney Cardinals put on a good show at Cheney’s home triangular on Aug. 29.

TSnews This is a season of change for local-area soccer teams, with many significant contributors lost to graduation. That shows in first-week results, with all three local squads suffering losses.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls golf team took seventh at the nine-team Nickerson tournament early last week. The Cardinals shot 250, coming in just two strokes behind sixth-place Medicine Lodge and nine strokes in back of fifth-place Hesston.