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TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers and Goddard Lions both picked up the top baseball honors in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League. Eisenhower senior Tyner Horn was named Division II player of the year while his coach, Mike Warren, was named coach of the year.

Diamond Dawgs won’t play this summer TSnews Batter up, it’s time for the summer collegiate baseball season for the Hayville Aviators of the Sunflower Collegiate League, and the Goddard- based Kansas Curve of Kansas Collegiate League Baseball. The Haysville Aviators are starting the 2023 Sunflower Collegiate Campaign this week.

TSnews The Garden Plain track and field teams continued their recent run of success at last weekend’s Class 2A State track and field meet. The girls team scored another team title, its fourth in a row dating back to the 2019 season.

State track and field top performers.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians’ time at the Class 4A State tournament at Salina got off to a memorable start last Thursday with a 5-0 win over Mulvane in the quarterfinals. The win was extra sweet, not only because Mulvane is one of the Indians’ biggest rivals, but the Wildcats had beaten Clearwater twice in the regular season.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers capped arguably the most memorable softball season in school history last week by taking second at the Class 5A State tournament at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita. The Tigers shut out Spring Hill 4-0 in last Thursday’s State tournament opener, then got past Shawnee Heights 4-3 in the semifinals the next day.

TSnews The Andale-Garden Plain softball team found itself in an early hole and never could recover in a 12-2 loss to the Eudora Cardinals last Thursday in the first round of the Class 4A State tournament. Eudora scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning, then added five more in the bottom of the third to take a 10-2 lead and break the game open.

TSnews The Goddard Lions’ time at the Class 5A State tournament was brief last Thursday, as the Lions were shut out by St. Thomas Aquinas 7-0 in quarterfinal action.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians improved upon last year’s third-place performance at the 4A State track and field meet, scoring 64 points and placing second this year. In many years, 64 points is enough to win a State championship.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers baseball team got off to a strong start at last week’s Class 5A State tournament, but ultimately could not sustain that start on the way to a fourth-place finish. The Tigers shut out Topeka Seaman 7-0 in last Thursday’s quarterfinal round, but lost to Bishop Carroll 4-3 in last Friday’s semifinals and fell to St.