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TSnews The Eisenhower and Goddard swim team went to its first-ever meet last week, competing at Maize. The Tigers placed seventh out of 13 teams, a good showing for a team debut.

TSnews The Campus Colts won at Salina last Thursday, their first team victory of the season. The meet is co-hosted by Salina Central and Salina South but is scored twice – once with each of the home teams.

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys and girls wrestling teams opened their seasons last weekend with a pair of tournaments, with the girls at Pratt last Friday and the boys at Gardner- Edgerton the next day. On the boys side, the Lions finished sixth at the Gardner-Edgerton Invitational with 136 1/2 points, seven behind fifthplace Liberty, Missouri and 7 1/2 points behind fourth-place Lincoln East of Nebraska, led by two champions and five more in the top eight.

The Goddard Lions girls basketball team opened its 2024-25 campaign with a win at home versus Augusta, 46-44. “It was a close one, but we got it done,” Lions head coach Jeremy Heim said.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers boys basketball team had an 11-point lead to start the fourth quarter of its season opener versus Maize South on Friday, Dec. 6.

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys basketball team hosted Augusta for its season opener on Friday, Dec. 6.

TSnews The Andrew Gower era is off to a good start at Conway Springs, as the Cardinals downed Medicine Lodge 41-36 in his first game as the team’s girls basketball coach. “It was good to get the first win – and what stood out to me the most was how we played team defense and our level of conditioning showed,” Gower said.

TSnews After suffering a tough season-opening loss last week on Thursday, the Garden Plain girls basketball team bounced back for a 56-54 win at the Trinity Academy Knights on Friday. The Owls led the Knights at the end of each of the first three quarters, going into the fourth quarter with a 45-40 lead.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers girls basketball team faced Maize South in their season opener on Friday. After a quick start, the Tigers were outscored decisively in the game’s second half, losing 66-47.

The Conway Springs Cardinals rallied from a 9-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter to force overtime, but could not complete the comeback as they fell 53-50 at home to Medicine Lodge in last Friday’s boys basketball season opener in a battle of two of the top teams in Class 2A.