Sports

The Goddard Lions track and field teams both placed sixth at last week’s Maize South meet, held on Thursday. The girls scored 28 points to place sixth out of eight teams, and the boys were sixth among nine teams with 27 points.

On Saturday, all four boys tennis teams in the TSnews coverage area were in Goddard to compete in the John Markham Spring Classic. Eisenhower singles player Kyle King had the best result of any local player, defeating Topeka West’s Carter Cool 8-4 to claim third place.

The Campus Colts continued their track season at Maize High School last Friday. The girls scored 40 points, placing sixth out of 10 teams.

The Derby Panthers beat the Campus Colts in an 11-team meet held at the Glenn Crum Natatorium at Campus High on April 11. The Panthers and Colts were by far the two best teams, but the Panthers were clear winners.

With much of the field competing at the Shocker Pre-State meet at Wichita State University (see related story), the Clearwater Indians track and field team sent a smaller squad to last Thursday’s Valley Center Invitational.

The Eisenhower Tigers boys golf team shot 287 – one of just two teams to break 300 – to win Monday’s Andover Central invitational at Terradyne Country Club. The Tigers beat Andover Central by just six strokes.

LAWRENCE – Average groundwater levels across western and south-central Kansas fell by nearly 2 feet in 2022, according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey.

The Eisenhower Tigers, Goddard Lions and Campus Colts started off the 2023 track season at Eisenhower’s participation meet, held on March 28. As a participation meet, teams were allowed unlimited entries.

The Cheney Cardinals and Conway Springs Cardinals traveled to Clearwater on Friday to compete in the Indians’ home participation meet. Team scores were not kept, and teams were allowed unlimited entries.

The Argonia Raiders track and field started off the 2023 season at Oxford’s participation meet last Friday. “It was a dang good first meet,” said Raiders head coach Jon Mead.