Sports

A dozen teams competed in last Friday’s Goddard High School Invitational. The host Lions boys had the best local finish, placing fourth with 61 points.

Swimmers and divers from the Campus Colts and from the Eisenhower and Goddard Tigers took part in last week’s Maize Invitational, held over two days last Friday and Saturday. It was one of the largest meets of the season, with 26 teams.

The Clearwater Indians softball team will take some momentum into Class 4A regional play after sweeping a pair of contests at Wichita Trinity last Thursday, taking the opener 5-3 and the nightcap 4-2. But more than that, last Thursday was a record-setting day.

The Cheney Cardinals performed well in their final regular-season meet before this week’s Central Plains League meet, with the girls winning at Hesston and the boys finishing third. The girls did particularly well in the field events, placing two athletes in the top eight of every event, and three in the javelin where Raegen Black, Trinity Griffin and Chloe Scheer finished second, third and fourth.

Boys players from Conway Springs and Eisenhower high schools qualified for State tennis tournaments over the weekend, while Campus and Goddard saw their seasons come to a close. The Conway Springs Cardinals won their league tournament on May 5, then hosted their regional.

The Garden Plain girls claimed the team title at last Friday’s Larry Brown Invitational, hosted by Remington High School in Whitewater. The top three teams were far ahead of the rest of the field.

The Cheney Cardinals are the champions of the 36-hole Invitational, winning both the Hillsboro and Marion legs of last Friday’s tournament. Sydney Schrant was the individual winner of the 18-hole leg in Hillsboro, shooting a round of 71 for a 3-stroke victory that helped the Cardinals win by 6 strokes.

The postseason looms for local soccer teams, with regional seedings to be announced this weekend. Going into this week, the Eisenhower Tigers still sat atop the Class 5A West Regional standings, with a 14-0-0 record.

The Eisenhower Tigers placed fourth at the Bishop Carroll tournament, played April 29 at Tallgrass Country Club. The Tigers were in the mix for runner-up, finishing three strokes behind second-place Bishop Carroll and one stroke behind Spring Hill.

The Campus Colts and Eisenhower and Goddard Tigers took part in the Maize invitational last week, a two-day meet on Friday and Saturday that featured 26 teams. The Colts fought to get into the top 10, finishing 10th with 105 points.