Sports

GARDEN PLAIN – This season, there is a new face on the Independent Panthers girls soccer team. It’s Garden Plain High School student Sydney Puetz, a center midfielder.

TSnews Local girls track and field teams claimed the top three spots at last Friday’s Vernon Ferguson Invitational meet in Cheney. The host Cardinals scored 135.5 points, earning a victory over Clearwater (120) and Garden Plain (85).

Clearwater’s Schwerdfeger qualifies for State TSnews The Campus Colts swimmers and divers came up big in the Maize meet, placing third in a field of 17 teams. They medaled in nine of 12 events.

The Goddard Lions track and field team did not compete last week, opting to pull out of the Ark City Invitational on Thursday. Goddard joined Andover Central and Winfield in not competing in the meet, which was plagued by rain.

Inclement weather led to the cancelation of last Friday’s Wellington track meet, leaving the Conway Springs Cardinals track and field team idle for the week.

TSnews The Goddard Lions baseball team picked up a pair of wins from former league rival Maize South last Tuesday, taking the first game of a doubleheader 13-6 and the nightcap 7-1. The Lions used a seven- run third inning to erase an early deficit in taking the opener.

TSnews The Cheney Cardinals suffered their first loss of the softball season last Thursday when Wichita Trinity came to town and took the first game of a doubleheader by a 10-3 score. The visiting Knights capitalized on 10 Cardinals walks and five errors, despite getting just six hits in the game.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers boys golf team won an 18-hole quad on Monday at McPherson’s Turkey Creek Golf Course. The Tigers shot 304, beating Maize South (317), Maize (356) and Goddard (361).

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls soccer team was shut out in two losses last week, losing 1-0 to Valley Center on April 25, then losing 5-0 at Andover on April 27. The Valley Center game was a tie until midway through the second half, when the Lions gave up a foul about 25 yards from the goal.

TSnews The Campus Colts girls soccer team played at Newton on Thursday, April 27. With less than 5 minutes left in regulation, the Colts were tied 1-1 with the Railers, but Newton netted two late goals to take the game, 3-1.