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The Haysville Aviators summer baseball team improved to 10-3 on the season Monday night as it rolled to a 10-0 win over the Diamond Kings at Plagens-Carpenter Park. Last Tuesday, the Aviators split a doubleheader with the Kingman Islanders, losing the opener 1410 before taking the nightcap 12-2.

State football games will have a new look in November. Last week, the Kansas State High School Activities Association officially adopted a new plan for when and where the State championships will be hosted.

One of the best girls basketball coaches in Kansas is calling it a career. Sarah McCormick recently announced her decision to step down as Cheney’s girls basketball coach after a successful run at the helm of the Cardinals – and before that, the Garden Plain Owls and Scott City Beavers.

As many parts of Kansas and the Midwest brace for summer weather – that is, warmer nights and higher humidity – homeowners may need to adjust their strategy for watering tall fescue lawns. Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini says summer’s weather patterns often mean the amount of time grass blades stay wet increases, making them more susceptible to the disease, brown patch.

Beloit hosted the 39th annual 8-Man All Star Games Saturday, June 8. Dalton Morrison, a member of the Argonia- Attica Titans, was chosen for the Division I East Squad.

The Central Plains League will be short a school and team when the 2025-26 school year begins. As reported by the Wichita Eagle, the remaining nine CPL schools voted unanimously to expel the The Independent School Panthers from the league.

TSnews In the movie “Bull Durham,” catcher Crash Davis once said, “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose (and) sometimes it rains.” The Haysville Aviators baseball team experienced all three last week, as last Tuesday’s game with the Kansas Cannons was suspended because of rain, then completed the next day with a 7-5 Aviators win. Later that day, Haysville suffered its first loss of the season when it dropped a 7-5 decision to the Cannons.

TSnews All-league honors have been released by the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League and Central Plains League following the conclusion of the 2024 softball season. The Campus Colts in Class 6A and the Andale-Garden Plain Indians-Owls in Class 4A ended their seasons as State runners-up, while the Clearwater Indians in 4A and the Cheney Cardinals in 3A earned State berths.

The Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League has named its all-league soccer players for the 2024 girls season. Players from the Campus Colts, Eisenhower Tigers and Goddard Lions made the list.