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The Cheney Cardinals boys basketball team nabbed all three of the top Central Plains League honors for the 2024-25 season. Joshua Burdick was named as the player of the year, and Jase Robertson was selected as defensive player of the year.

State basketball tournaments ended on Saturday, with 14 new State champions crowned – seven boys and seven girls teams across different classes. In Class 6A at Koch Arena, the Shawnee Mission Northwest boys defeated Olathe North 63-56 in a Johnson County-only final.

TSnews When the basketball is not going into the hoop, all a team can do is keep shooting and hope things improve. Things did not improve for the Cheney Cardinals in their Class 3A State tournament opener, as they lost 68-52 to the Goodland Cowboys last Thursday night at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

TSnews A season in the doldrums ended with an exclamation point on March 5, when the 16th-seeded Eisenhower Tigers boys basketball team claimed an upset over the top-seeded Great Bend Panthers in the opening round of substate play, 62-60. “It was a great win for us, and probably the best we’ve played all season,” Tigers head coach Steve Blue said.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls basketball team concluded its season in the first round of substate, falling at Arkansas City, 44-30, on March 4. They finished the season with a 7-14 record.

TSnews The Campus Colts and Derby Panthers boys basketball teams have a great Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League rivalry, even if the pendulum seems to swing strong to one side or the other. This year, the pendulum swung to Derby’s favor as the Panthers beat the Colts in all three meetings, including in last week’s Class 6A substate first-round game, a 73-43 victory for the Panthers in Derby that ended the Colts’ season.

TSnews The Conway Springs Cardinals girls basketball team fell behind early against the Remington Broncos and never could recover in a 47-28 loss to the Broncos last Wednesday in the Class 2A substate semifinals at Conway Springs. Remington led 13-5 after the opening period and 15-7 at the intermission, then used a strong third period to take a 31-19 lead to the fourth quarter.

TSnews The Clearwater Indians girls basketball team got off to a solid start but could not sustain that momentum in a 48-33 loss at Andale in the Class 4A West substate finals last Saturday. The Indians (13-9) led 10-9 after the opening period, but the hosts rallied and led 18-14 at the intermission.

TSnews With the Garden Pain Owls facing second-half foul trouble, the Cheney Cardinals were able to pull away in last week’s substate semifinal in Cheney to win 64-46. The teams battled hard throughout an intense, physical first half that featured six lead changes and six ties.

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