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The Campus Colts started the new girls basketball season with three losses on consecutive nights, as they took part in the Salina Invitational. The Colts ended the stretch with a 41-28 loss at host Salina South on Saturday.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians girls basketball team found itself in an early hole that it could never fully dig out of as the Indians suffered a 41-31 loss to the Chapman Irish in last Friday’s season opener. “We got off to a slow start,” Clearwater coach Maygan Doll said.

TSnews The Cheney girls basketball season started the new season on a positive note, beating the Sterling Black Bears 44-30 at home on Dec. 2.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team came painfully close to rallying from a big deficit in last Friday’s season opener at Medicine Lodge. Down by as many as 20 points at one time and trailing by 12 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Conway Springs battled back before falling 49-48 to the host Indians in the debut of new head coach Brett Gunderson.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls basketball team opened its season on Friday, Dec. 5, with a 46-38 win at Augusta, using a strong fourth quarter to pull away.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls picked up their first win of the season on the road on Dec. 2, beating the Wellington Crusaders 65-51.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team did not need long to match its win total from last season. The Indians opened their season at home last Friday and defeated the Chapman Irish 59-35, starting the season 1-0 and matching last season’s win total in the process.

TSnews The Campus Colts boys basketball team went 1-2 in the season- opening Salina Invitational, with games last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Colts’ win came in overtime on Friday in Salina, as Campus beat the Liberal Redskins.

TSnews The Morgan Grippin era for the Argonia Raiders boys basketball team is off to a strong start. The Raiders are off to a 2-0 start after they rolled to big wins in both of their games last week, including a 39-26 win against the Pretty Prairie Bulldogs last Friday.

TSnews The Goddard Lions boys basketball team opened its season Friday, Dec. 5, with a 48-44 loss at Augusta, coming up just short after a late rally.