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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals beat the host Garden Plain boys basketball team 44-31 on Friday, the last game for both teams before the holiday break. Cheney got off to a good start, taking a 13-6 lead after one quarter.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team had a dozen players break into the scoring column and drained nine 3-pointers on the way to a 67-31 win over Fairfield last Friday. The win was the Cardinals’ fourth in a row.

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys basketball team dropped two against top-tier AVCTL competition, falling 65-51 to Salina Central on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and 51-25 at Andover on Thursday, Dec.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls basketball team fell twice last week, losing 63-51 to Salina Central on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and 72-23 at Andover on Thursday, Dec.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians girls basketball team enters the holiday break on a five-game winning streak after the Indians rallied for a 38-36 win at Rose Hill last Friday. Clearwater trailed the Rockets 9-4 after the opening period, but closed the game to 17-15 by halftime and tied the score at 26 by the start of the fourth quarter.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers girls basketball team ran a three-game gauntlet last week, facing two ranked Andover programs and perennial power Kapaun. They went 1-2 but, in head coach Matt Brumley’s view, took a real step forward.

TSnews The Campus Colts girls basketball team recorded the season’s first wins, beating the host Wichita West Pioneers 62-29 on Dec. 17.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls basketball closed out December with a hardfought 55-46 win at the Garden Plain Owls last Friday. The Cardinals jumped out to a 10-point early lead.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals boys basketball team has some momentum going into 2026 after taking their third win in a row last Friday by downing a shorthanded Fairfield squad 62-20. The Cardinals led 17-2 after the opening period and pushed their lead to 37-8 by the intermission and 50-13 by the start of the fourth quarter.

TSnews A well-known cliché says that defense wins championships. If that is true, the Argonia Raiders girls basketball team has a lot to feel good about heading into the holidays.