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TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team continued its late-season stretch of solid play as the Cardinals downed Belle Plaine 56-40 last Friday on the road, their third win in a row and fifth in the last six games. The host Dragons led the Cardinals 27-24 at halftime, but Conway Springs (9-8) dominated the third quarter 22-5 to take a 46-32 lead to the final period.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls girls basketball team started homecoming night last Friday with a victory, defeating the visiting Kingman Eagles 51-33. It was a needed good game after the Owls suffered a lopsided loss earlier in the week.

TSnews With a quick start and good first-half defensive effort, the Campus Colts won big over the Salina South Cougars on homecoming last Friday night by a score of 65-39. The Colts’ defense held the Cougars to single-digit scoring in each of the first two quarters.

TSnews On Heart-to-Heart night last Friday, the Cheney Cardinals boys basketball team gave their fans a sweetheart of a win by beating the Trinity Academy Knights 45-42 at home. The victory upped the Cardinals’ season record to 15-2, with 14 consecutive victories.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians girls wrestling team will be represented by a pair of wrestlers at State after each finished in the top four at last Saturday’s Class 4-3-21A regional at McPherson. Payton Newell (135 pounds) and Kiley Blake (170) both overcame semifinal losses to win their next two matches and finish third.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls had a trio of wrestlers come away as champions at last Thursday’s Central Plains League tournament at Chaparral High School in Harper County. As a team, the Owls finished third with 77 points, 13 ahead of fourth-place Douglass.

The Goddard Lions girls wrestling team will be represented by one girl at the State tournament after Audrie Felkins placed fourth at 115 pounds at last Saturday’s Class 6A-5A regional at Dodge City.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals wrestling team turned in perhaps its best performance of the season last Thursday as the Cardinals won the Central Plains League tournament championship for the first time in school history. The Cardinals won the tournament with 129 points, 20 ahead of runner-up and host Chaparral.

TSnews The Campus Colts boys and girls wrestling teams wrestled their final home duals of the season last Wednesday against Junction City, with the girls winning 48-36 and the boys winning 43-36. The Colts also honored their seniors at last Wednesday’s matches.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians girls basketball team used a strong defensive effort to turn a two-point halftime lead into a 40-28 win over Andale last Friday at home. Andale actually led the Indians 12-7 after the opening period, but the hosts rallied in the second to take a 24-22 lead to the locker room.