Sports

.

The Argonia Raiders will begin the track and field season this Friday at the Conway Springs participation meet. The Raiders were supposed to compete last Friday at Oxford, but cold and rain washed out that event.

TSnews The Garden Plain Owls kicked off the new track and field season last Thursday at Andale’s Paul “Bear” Schmidt Invitational. The meet honors the late Schmidt, the longtime Andale head coach.

TSnews Three out of four boys tennis teams in the TSnews coverage area started their seasons last week. Conway Springs hosted a home quadrangular, winning first place and besting squads from Chaparral, Hutchinson Trinity and McPherson.

TSnews The weather was much kinder on Monday, when Clearwater High School hosted Cheney and Conway Springs, along with other teams, in the Indians’ season-opening participation meet. The meet was moved from last Friday, when weather conditions were not conducive to a track meet.

TSnews A big contingent of athletes took part in Monday’s Eisenhower participation track and field meet. The meet has been slated for last week, but was rescheduled to Monday to avoid cold and wet weater.

TSnews The Goddard Lions girls soccer team played three games at home last week, competing in the tournament they co-host with Eisenhower. The Lions lost their first two games before rebounding with an 8-0 win over Wichita West.

TSnews The Eisenhower Tigers girls soccer team competed in the annual tournament it hosts with Goddard last week. The Tigers won in dominating fashion, scoring a total of 16 goals across three games while giving up none.

TSnews The Campus Colts competed in Wichita South’s Titan Classic girls soccer tournament last week, coming through two games that went to shootouts and winning their first in-season tournament title in at least seven years. The title run started April 1 with a 9-0 win over the host Titans.

The Campus Colts girls soccer team hosted the Goddard Lions on Thursday, March 27, losing 1-0 in overtime. Windy conditions made it challenging for either team to get their offense going, and regulation concluded with a 0-0 tie.