Sports

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body TSnews The Clearwater Indians volleyball team finished a win shy of advancing out of pool play at the Class 4A State tournament last Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, but the Indians did beat the defending – and eventual – State champion along the way.

Body TSnews The Cheney girls cross country team placed fourth at Saturday’s Class 3A State cross country meet, held along with the 5A and 6A races at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. The Cardinals scored 149 points.

Body TSnews The Andover Trojans sprung a surprise on the Eisenhower Tigers during last Friday’s Class 5A football playoff game in Goddard. The Trojans came out in entirely different offenses and defenses, said Eisenhwoer head coach Darrin Fisher.

Body TSnews The Cheney Cardinals scored all of their points in the first half of last Friday’s 50-0 playoff win against the Colby Eagles.

Body TSnews The powerful Wichita Northwest Grizzlies beat the Campus Colts 54-14 in last Friday’s Class 6A playoff game in Wichita, bringing an end to the Colts’ football season. The Colts end the season with a 2-7 record.

Body The Campus Colts boys soccer team concluded its season with a first-round regional defeat at Washburn Rural on Tuesday, Oct. 24, losing 10-0.