Sports

The Eisenhower and Goddard district boys swim team had a positive first season a year ago, and they hope to carry that success into the program’s second year. The team features four returning State qualifiers, including a two-time Class 5A State champion.

The Garden Plain Owls boys basketball team will have a different look as they tip off the 2025-26 season. The Owls graduated five seniors off of last year’s team, and those players had been on the varsity team for three and even four years.

The new Garden Plain Lady Owls basketball season starts with some unanswered questions that will need to be answered by a relatively young group. Three starters are back from last year’s team – senior Reese Stuhlsatz, sophomore Aubrey Haukap and Lylah Zoglman, who was a starter in the second half of the season.

The Conway Springs Cardinals will look to a quartet of experienced seniors as they seek their second trip in the last three years to the State tournament in boys basketball. Eli Benge, Logan Osner, Connor Koster and Kadyn Madi are all back for the Cardinals, with the first three having played significant minutes last winter for Conway Springs.

The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team is looking to a veteran coach to lead its veteran roster this season. The Cardinals will be coached this winter by Brett Gunderson, a Minnesota native who is entering his 16th season as a head basketball coach.

The Clearwater Indians boys basketball team will be seeking to improve this season after finishing 1-19 last season. The Indians will have a few pieces back to build around when they start the season Friday against Chapman.

The Clearwater Indians are looking to a new – but not totally new – face to lead the girls basketball team on the hardwood this winter. Maygan Doll, a Goddard High School alumna, succeeds veteran coach Casey Carlson after he stepped down in the spring after seven seasons at the helm.

The Cheney Cardinals return just two wrestlers from last season, but have three more back after a year away and have an uptick on the size of their roster, giving head coach Kevin Schultz cause for optimism ahead of Thursday’s season opener.

The Clearwater Indians wrestling team will be fueled by an exciting group of newcomers and veterans when the Indians open the season on Thursday at Cheney against Campus and the host Cardinals. Christian Lange, Kaden Bohnenblust, Emmit Ohlde, Dallen Kangiesser and Coy Dugan all return on the boys side, while Dalton Wulf also returns after missing last season with an injury and “will play a huge part this year,” said head coach Cooper Ross.

As the Cheney Cardinals boys basketball team tips off the new season, it will turn to junior Quaid Thomas as the team looks to replace a class that graduated from last year. Thomas, a first-team all-league player in the Central Plains League and an all-state honorable mention, is the Cardinals’ lone returning starter.