Sports

The Conway Springs Cardinals boys basketball team used a combination of stout defense and the downtown shooting of Eli Benge to down Hutchinson Central Christian 5029 in the fifth-place game of the Marion tournament last Saturday.

The Garden Plain Owls girls basketball team split its games last week, starting with a big 57-21 win at the Rose Hill Rockets. The Owls had a big first quarter with plenty of scoring combined with a good defense as they raced out to a 20-7 lead.

Garden Plain started strong in both halves of last week’s road game at Rose Hill, giving the Owls a 62-51 win over the Rockets on Dec. 9.

The Argonia Raiders girls basketball team used a stout defense to pull out a third-place finish at the Border Queen Tournament last Saturday, downing Central Burden 44-19 in the third-place game. “The girls team played solid team ball all week as the scoring was spread out and the defense was phenomenal,” Argonia coach Morgan Grippin said.

The Eisenhower Tigers wrestling team headed over to Butler County last weekend to compete in the Douglass Goodwill Invitational – and had a few wrestlers place high at the always-loaded event. On the boys side, Blayre Cline (165 pounds) took second, while Abe Starnes (175) took third.

The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team not only got a final-day win at the Kingman Eagle Classic, but the Indians also hit a small milestone along the way. The Indians downed the host Kingman Eagles 55-49 last Saturday in the fifth-place game at the tournament – and in doing so, they surpassed their win total from last season.

The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team held the hosts to just 11 points in the final three periods to pull away for a 54-25 win last Saturday in the third-place game of the Marion tournament.

The Argonia Raiders boys basketball team’s quest for a Border Queen Tournament title ran into a roadblock last Saturday. The Raiders fell into an early hole and never could dig out of it in a 48-19 loss to undefeated Central Burden in the title game of the tournament.

The Cheney Cardinals placed second in their Cardinals Classic tournament, picking up two wins before falling 51-48 to the Pratt Greenbacks in Saturday’s championship game. Pratt also held a 3-point margin at halftime, 20-17, and the teams battled closely through all 32 minutes.

The Wellington Crusaders held on for a 45-43 win over the Cheney Cardinals in Saturday’s championship of the Cardinal Classic. The Cardinals had chances to win this game.