Sports

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys and girls track teams competed last Thursday at the Class 5A regional meet in Great Bend, with several members of the boys team earning trips to State with strong regional performances. Leading the way for the boys are a quartet of athletes who took second in their respective events – Alex Shokaryev (100), Bryson Hurst (400), Erv Phillips (high jump) and Connor Koonce (pole vault).

TSnews The Clearwater Indians boys and girls track teams are sending a large contingent to the State meet after a strong performance last Thursday at the Class 4A regional at Andale. On the girls side, Madison Williams won both the 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles, while teammate Kenzy McArtor took second in both events as both are State-bound.

The Argonia Raiders boys and girls track and field teams will be sending one athlete to State after she turned in a strong performance at last Thursday’s Class 1A regional meet in Iola. Bailey Haines finished third in the 1600 with a time of 5:51.13.

TSnews The Campus Colts boys and girls track teams will be well represented at the State track meet after qualifying in six events – three boys and three girls – at last Friday’s Class 6A regional meet at Dodge City. On the girls side, Kayla Frost and Trinity Giles are both State bound after second-place finishes in the triple jump and pole vault, respectively, while Jeramoni Metcalf-Jones is headed to State in the 100 hurdles after placing fifth, but earning an at-large bid with a time of 16.05 seconds.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls track and field team had much to be happy with after Thursday’s Class 3A regional at Fredonia. Not only did the Cardinals tie with Garden Plain for the regional team title with 113 points, but they also are taking a solid group of athletes to State.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls boys and girls track teams had a Class 3A regional meet to remember last Thursday at Fredonia. The girls shared the regional title with Cheney with 113 points, while the boys took second with 77 points, two ahead of thirdplace Frontenac and eight behind regional champion Wichita Collegiate.

TSnews The Campus Colts baseball team came painfully close to making it to the Class 6A State tournament. The Colts and the Washburn Rural Blues were scoreless after seven innings in last Thursday’s Class 6A regional final at Campus, but Washburn Rural scored a run in the top of the eighth inning to take a 1-0 win and the regional title.

TSnews The Campus Colts softball team held an early lead in the Class 6A Washburn Rural regional final in Topeka last Thursday, but could not hold on in an 8-6 loss to the host Blues. The Colts took a 4-3 lead in the top of the third inning, but Washburn Rural answered with three runs in the bottom of the third and never trailed again.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians softball team had little problem earning a return trip to the Class 4A State tournament, rolling past Hugoton-Moscow 15-0 last Tuesday in the semifinals of the Class 4A Clearwater regional, then downing the Buhler Crusaders 13-3 later that evening in the championship game. Clearwater coach Tyler Hampton said it is “outstanding” to be returning to the State tournament.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers baseball team used a strong combination of strong pitching and timely hitting to earn a return trip to the Class 5A State tournament. The Tigers did so by winning the Class 5A regional tournament at Bishop Carroll last Wednesday, allowing just one hit in a 4-2 semifinal win over Hutchinson, then downing the host Golden Eagles 2-0 in the championship game in eight innings.