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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals will be departing the Central Plains League, its longtime home for athletics and and activities competition, and will join the Central Kansas League. The move will impact both Cheney High School and Cheney Middle School, as CMS will move from the Central Plains Middle School League to be part of the Central Kansas League Middle School League.

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The Goddard Lions girls basketball team opened last week with a 48-38 home win over Buhler on Tuesday, then fell 47-32 at Andover Central on Friday. Head coach Jeremy Heim said his team’s tempo and pressure made the difference late against Buhler.

The Conway Springs Cardinals boys basketball team used a combination of stout defense and the downtown shooting of Eli Benge to down Hutchinson Central Christian 5029 in the fifth-place game of the Marion tournament last Saturday.

The Garden Plain Owls girls basketball team split its games last week, starting with a big 57-21 win at the Rose Hill Rockets. The Owls had a big first quarter with plenty of scoring combined with a good defense as they raced out to a 20-7 lead.

Garden Plain started strong in both halves of last week’s road game at Rose Hill, giving the Owls a 62-51 win over the Rockets on Dec. 9.

The Argonia Raiders girls basketball team used a stout defense to pull out a third-place finish at the Border Queen Tournament last Saturday, downing Central Burden 44-19 in the third-place game. “The girls team played solid team ball all week as the scoring was spread out and the defense was phenomenal,” Argonia coach Morgan Grippin said.

The Eisenhower Tigers wrestling team headed over to Butler County last weekend to compete in the Douglass Goodwill Invitational – and had a few wrestlers place high at the always-loaded event. On the boys side, Blayre Cline (165 pounds) took second, while Abe Starnes (175) took third.

The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team not only got a final-day win at the Kingman Eagle Classic, but the Indians also hit a small milestone along the way. The Indians downed the host Kingman Eagles 55-49 last Saturday in the fifth-place game at the tournament – and in doing so, they surpassed their win total from last season.