Sports

The Goddard Lions volleyball team had a long day last Saturday at the Arkansas City Invitational, going 1-3 at the tournament. The Lions lost to Mulvane 23-25, 22-25, Clearwater 17-25, 20-25 and Andover Central 17-25, 1925, but beat Winfield 25-17, 25-19.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians earned not one, but two, big wins over powerful competition on the volleyball court last week. First, the Indians downed perennial State title contender Andale in three sets last Tuesday at Andale, 25-20, 19-25, 2522 to sweep a triangular that also included a 25-18, 25-15 win over Mulvane.

TSnews Playing last Thursday night, the host Garden Plain Owls and visiting Conway Springs Cardinals delivered another classic battle in this long-running rivalry. The Owls held on for a 20-14 victory.

TSnews The visiting Goddard Lions capitalized on Campus Colts turnovers to build a big first-half lead, as the Lions won last Friday’s football game in Haysville 46-8. Campus gave away the ball three times in the first half, with Goddard turning two of those turnovers into touchdowns.

TSnews Local-area girls tennis teams started their season, which is always short and competition-packed, compared to other fall sports. It was a slow start for most players, results-wise.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers and Cheney Cardinals put on a good show at Cheney’s home triangular on Aug. 29.

TSnews This is a season of change for local-area soccer teams, with many significant contributors lost to graduation. That shows in first-week results, with all three local squads suffering losses.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals girls golf team took seventh at the nine-team Nickerson tournament early last week. The Cardinals shot 250, coming in just two strokes behind sixth-place Medicine Lodge and nine strokes in back of fifth-place Hesston.

TSnews The 2023 cross country season opened last Thursday at the Clearwater Invitational, which saw five local teams compete. Clearwater, Cheney, Andale- Garden Plain, Goddard, and Conway Springs all sent runners.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals made an opening-week statement last Friday, putting up 34 unanswered points in a 34-7 beating of the Kingman Eagles. The Eagles, who were the Class 2A State runners-up last year, jump started their 2022 season with a two-touchdown win at Cheney.