Sports

TSnews The Cheney and Nickerson basketball programs are in entirely different places. In the last December coaches rankings, the Cheney Cardinals were No.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls went to Andale and beat the Andale Indians girls 46-39 last Friday to start the new year. The Owls’ win broke a three-game losing streak, and improved their record to 3-5.

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HAYSVILLE – The Silverback Singers at Haysville West Middle School will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this Saturday's Wichita Thunder hockey game. The performance will take place shortly before the 6:05 p.m.

CLEARWATER – This Saturday, the Clearwater Senior Center will hold its monthly biscuits and gravy breakfast. The event will run 8-10 a.m.

Even though classes won’t resume until next week, a handful of high school sports events are planned for this week. Here is a quick look at what is on schedule through Jan.

TSnews The Argonia Raiders boys basketball team came painfully close to stopping a two-game skid in its pre-holiday finale last Friday at South Barber. The Raiders rallied to force overtime, but ultimately came up just short in a 64-63 double-overtime loss to the host Chieftains last Friday.

TSnews The Kansas City Chiefs will move to the Kansas side of the state line, starting with the 2031 season. Reports began circulating at the end of last week when a meeting of the Kansas Legislative Coordinating Committee (LLC) was announced.

TSnews Eisenhower’s boys basketball team faced three straight programs with recent state pedigrees last week, falling 54-29 to Andover on Tuesday, Dec. 16, winning 63-50 at Andover Central on Friday, Dec.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls wrestling team had a mixed finish to the varsity part of its pre-holiday schedule last Thursday when it split a triangular dual with Central Plains League rivals Cheney and Chaparral. The Owls beat Cheney 48-12, but fell to Chaparral 48-30.