Sports

TSnews Several local volleyball players earned all-league honors in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League. Four local schools play in the AVCTL – Campus in Division I, Goddard and Eisenhower in Division II, and Clearwater in Division IV.

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TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals have their sights set on the eighth State football championship in school history. The Cardinals will play the Jefferson County North Chargers for the Class 1A State championship at 1 p.m.

TSnews Miracle finishes and comebacks are becoming routine for the Cheney Cardinals. For the second time this season, the Cardinals dug themselves out of a big hole early to defeat the dominant Andale Indians, the best team in Class 3A over the past four years.

TSnews It was close and then it wasn’t, until it was again. The Eisenhower Tigers’ best-ever football season ended in a 42-39 loss against the Kapaun-Mt.

TSnews Grady Kuehn became the most popular student in Cheney High school at about 9:15 p.m. last Friday.

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.

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.

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.

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.