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Centralia Panthers

Body # of State titles: 4 2024 record: 11-1 Points scored: 438 Points scored per game: 36.5 Points allowed: 192 Points allowed per game: 16 Point differential: 20.5 Average margin of victory: 25.55 Highest point total: 58 58-14 win vs. Doniphan West, Sept.
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Soccer players named to AVCTL all-league

Body With the 2024 boys soccer season now complete, the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League has published its all-league soccer selections. In Division II where Eisenhower and Goddard play, the Tigers’ Ty Harris, a senior defender, was named to the first team.

Signings

Body Why OSU: “It helps that is is very close to home. I’m a homebody,” Hedden said.
Name: Emmy Hedden Sport: Soccer High school: Goddard Lions

Eisenhower looks sharp in win over Seaman

Body The Eisenhower Tigers are now one win away from the best-ever playoff run in school football history. The Tigers advanced to the substate round of the Class 5A playoffs with last Friday’s 44-14 home victory over the Topeka Seaman Vikings.
Joe Santillan makes a tackle during Eisenhower’s playoff victory against the Topeka Seaman Vikings on Friday. The Tigers are now one win away from playing in their first-ever football State championship. Matt Bucher/TSnews

Visiting Beloit shuts out Garden Plain

Body Offensive struggles were a primary culprit in the Garden Plain Owls’ 19-0 home playoff loss to the Beloit Trojans last Friday. The Owls’ running game was held to a season-low 120 rushing yards, and the Owls went 0-for-10 passing.
Pete McGregor blocks a Beloit kick during last Friday’s playoff game in Garden Plain. The Owls lost 19-0, but finished the season with an 8-3 record. Stephanie McKennon/TSnews

Andale overwhelms Cheney in anticipated rematch

Body The Andale Indians had a lot to prove after blowing a big lead not once, but twice, to the Cheney Cardinals last season, as the Cardinals ended the Indians’ 57-game win streak in their first matchup of 2023 and then ended Andale’s run of four straight Class 3A State titles in...
Cheney defensive back Reece Tolar upends Andale quarterback Sam Harp in last week’s playoff loss. Travis Mounts/ TSnews

Cheney avenges loss to Collegiate

Body TSnews The Cheney Cardinals erased the only blemish on this year’s record, beating the Collegiate Spartans 14-6 in Wichita on the same field where the Cardinals suffered a 24-point loss just three Fridays prior.

Football moments

Body Stephanie McKennon/TSnews FAR LEFT: An official at the Garden Plain game, played at Cheney, watches as the rain comes down at the start of the game. LEFT: Two Conway Springs players give a hand up to a Marion player during Friday’s game.
Football moments

Defense clamps down in Conway Springs’ win

Body After an early touchdown, the Conway Springs Cardinals’ defense shut down the Marion Warriors in a 21-6 win last Friday in Conway Springs. With the win, the Cardinals advance to the sectional (quarterfinal) round of the Class 1A State playoffs.
Isaac Winter follows the block of Cade Howell for a big gain during the Conway Springs’ Cardinals home playoff victory against the Marion Warriors. The Cardinals, who are ranked No. 1 in Class 1A and seeded No. 1 in 1A West, will host Plainville this Friday. Stephanie McKennon/TSnews
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