Sports

The Goddard Lions boys wrestling team made some noise last weekend when it competed at the always-tough Rocky Welton Invitational in Garden City. On the boys’ side, the Lions finished third as a team, with three wrestlers winning titles and three more finishing in the top five.

The Campus Colts boys basketball battled hard but fell just short in a 51-46 loss to the visiting Salina South Cougars last Friday. The game was originally set for early January but winter weather forced its postponement.

The Campus Colts boys and girls wrestling teams headed to Garden City last weekend to compete in the Rocky Welton Invitational, and one wrestler brought home a title. On the girls’ side, Brooklyn Burling won all three of her matches at 235 pounds to win a championship.

With the end of high school wrestling’s regular season just ahead, the Clearwater Indians might be peaking at the right time. The Indians competed at the Remington Bronco Invitational last weekend and did well, with the boys taking second and the girls finishing fifth.

The Clearwater Indians and Eisenhower Tigers basketball teams were idle last week. The Indians returned to action on Tuesday with a road trip to the Circle Thunderbirds.

The Argonia Raiders girls basketball team followed up its third-place finish at the South Central Border League Tournament by downing visiting Oxford 47-36 last Friday.

The Goddard Lions girls basketball team competed in El Dorado’s Lady Cat Classic last weekend, finishing in sixth place with a 1-2 record. On Thursday, Jan.

The Campus Colts girls basketball team added two more wins to their season total, and earned a fifth-place finish at the Mulvane Wildcat Classic. The Colts wrapped up the tournament with a low-scoring victory over the Winfield Vikings, 29-23.

The Garden Plain girls had a tough three days at last week’s Haven Wildcat Classic, going 1-2 but salvaging a victory in the seventh-place game as they beat the Maize Eagles 35-27. It was a low-scoring, tight first half as the Owls went into the locker room with a 12-11 lead.

With a 2-1 record, the Cheney Cardinals girls basketball team salvaged their trip to the Haven Wildcat Classic with a fifth-place finish. The Cardinals found themselves on the consolation side of the bracket, an unfamiliar spot for them, after dropping their first-round game.