Kuehn boots Cheney to last-second victory
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TSnews Grady Kuehn became the most popular student in Cheney High school at about 9:15 p.m. last Friday.
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Conway Springs wins 9th straight at Marion
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TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals are just a game away from their first State championship appearance since 2011, thanks to last Friday’s Class 1A football playoff win at the Marion Warriors. The Cardinals, after falling behind 6-0, scored three straight times to take a 21-6 lead en route to a 28-20 victory.
Tigers overcome early deficit, ground the Eagles
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TSnews Trailing 14-0 early in last Friday’s Class 5A football playoff game, it appeared that the Eisehower Tigers’ dream season was in danger of ending. The Tigers were trailing the Maize Eagles, a team that has played in the last two 5A State championships and was coming off two playoff upsets.
Tigers rely on ground game to stun Hays
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TSnews With the home crowd behind them, the Eisenhower Tigers wrote another chapter in their best-ever season with a 41-7 victory over the visiting Hays Indians. The teams have faced off three times in the last four seasons, with Hays ending Eisenhower’s season with first-round playoff wins in 2019 and 2021, and the Indians winning a regular-season contest in 2020.
Cheney explodes in second half for big win
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TSnews The undefeated Cheney Cardinals scored 30 points after halftime in a 37-8 Class 3A football playoff win over the visiting Holcomb Longhorns. Jack Voth gave the Cardinals their lone offensive highlight in the first half, returning a punt 60 yards for a 7-0 lead.
Conway Springs runs into the next round
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TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals ground out a big Class 1A football playoff win at home last Friday, running for 355 yards in a 52-22 rematch victory over the Sterling Black Bears. The Cardinals did not attempt a pass, as they ran out to a big first-half lead and then cruised to the win.
Ellsworth wins back-and-forth battle over Garden Plain
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TSnews The Garden Plain Owls’ football season ended at home last Friday, as the Ellsworth Bearcats won a back-and-forth game 34-31. The Owls wrap up the 2023 season with a playoff victory and an 8-2 record in their second season under head coach Todd Rice.
Owls cool off Dragons for 2A playoff win
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By Travis Mounts
The Garden Plain Owls football team moved on in the Class 2A football playoffs with a 21-7 home win
over the Halstead Dragons last Friday.
The Owls did not play a perfect game, but they did more than enough to vanquish a team that has faced
some of the state's top small schools. The Dragons have faced three undefeated teams in Cheney,
Southeast of Saline and Hoisington, and one-loss Ellsworth. That Ellsworth team is who the Owls will
face this Friday.
Cardinals take fourth at State
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TSnews The Cheney Cardinals volleyball team wrapped up its third trip to the State semifinals in as many years last Saturday by taking fourth at the Class 3A State tournament in Hutchinson. Cheney (37-7) faced off with two-time defending Class 3A State champion Heritage Christian in the semifinals and fell 17-25, 17-25.
AHS Raiders finish win shy of 1A-II State volleyball semifinals
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TSnews The Argonia Raiders volleyball team came oh-so-close to advancing to the semifinals at the Class 1A Division II State tournament in Emporia. After splitting their first two matches of pool play at State (falling to Wallace County 16-25, 11-25 and beating Elyria Christian 20-25, 25-18, 25-18), the Raiders faced St.