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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls basketball team took care of business in its Class 3A substate opener, beating the visiting Chaparral Roadrunners 61-32 last Thursday. Holding a 29-21 halftime lead, the Cardinals romped through the third quarter, outscoring the Roadrunners 25-5.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team got the postseason off to a strong start when it won its Class 2A substate opener 43-34 at home over the Republic County Buffaloes last Friday. “It was exciting to get the opportunity to host the first round of substate, and then to go out and get the win made it even better,” Conway Springs coach Andrew Gower said.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls wrestling team wrapped up one of its more memorable seasons as two Owls wrestled at last weekend’s Class 3-2-1A State tournament in Hays – and one of them made it to the medal stand. Nate Eck took fourth at 106 pounds to make it to the State medal stand, capping a memorable first season on the mat for the Garden Plain freshman.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers had four wrestlers – three girls and a boy – bring home medals from last weekend’s Class 5A State tournament at Hartman Arena in Park City. Leading the way on the girls side was Kyrah Martinez at 155 pounds, who took second.

TSnews The Campus Colts girls wrestling team concluded its best season yet when it had two wrestlers finish in the top five at the Class 6A State tournament last weekend in Overland Park. Leading the way was Brooklyn Burling, who took fourth at 235 pounds to record the best season ever by a Campus female wrestler.

TSnews Cheney Cardinals wrestler Parker McClellan wrapped up his senior season with an appearance on the state’s biggest stage when he competed last weekend at the Class 4A State tournament in Salina. McClellan (150 pounds) won his first match at State when he downed Eudora’s Newt Schreiner by technical fall, but lost in sudden-victory overtime to Trace Metcalf in the quarterfinals.

TSnews After a successful season by the Clearwater Indians wrestling team, head coach Cooper Ross has came to a very exciting conclusion. “Clearwater is a wrestling town now,” Ross said.

TSnews Swimmers and divers competed recently at the State swimming and diving meet in Lenexa. Results were reported in last week’s TSnews.

TSnews The Campus Colts girls bowling team entered the season back in January as a favorite to win another State title, and they remain a favorite following last week’s Class 6A regional championship. The Colts bowled 3360 and finished as the best of 12 teams.

TSnews As many times as the Goddard Lions have won boys State wrestling titles, it never gets old. This past weekend, the Lions won their second State title in a row – and 10th in the last 11 years.