Sports

Body The defending 2A State champion Garden Plain girls track and field team placed third at the nine-team Pratt Invitational on last Friday. The Owls scored 65 points, finishing one point ahead of the Scott Community Beavers.

Body All four boys tennis teams in the TSnews coverage area were at the John Markham Spring Classic tennis tournament in Goddard on Saturday.

Body The Eisenhower Tigers boys golf team finished second at the Bishop Carroll invitational, played Monday at Auburn Hills Golf Course. Tyler Hardtarfer tied for first place with an 18hole round of 66.

Body Cheney, Clearwater and Conway Springs track and field athletes started the season at Clearwater’s annual participation meet. The meet allows unlimited entries.

Body The Campus Colts started the new girls swim season with two meets last week. The Colts placed second in a home triangular on March 26.

Body The Garden Plain Owls, with the defending Class 2A girls State champions and the State runner-up boys, started the season at the Paul “Bear” Schmidt Invitational last Thursday at Andale. The meet allowed unlimited entries.

Body With the conclusion of the high school basketball season, the Central Plains League has released its list of all-league players for the 2023-24 season. On the boys’ side, the top two awards went to a pair of teams that qualified for State tournaments.

Body All-league players have been named for the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League 2023-24 basketball season. The Clearwater Indians girls earned two top honors, where Elizabeth Tjaden was named Division IV MVP and Madison Clevenger shared the Defensive Player of the Year Award.

Body WICHITA – Senior Wednesdays are back at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

Body GODDARD – Zach Wessley, a member of the Goddard Lions State-championship wrestling team, was a winner at the inaugural Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association Kansas Shrine Duals. This new event, held March 17 at Newman University in Wichita, matched all-star wrestlers in an East vs.