MOUNDRIDGE WILDCAT FOOTBALL PREVIEW By Staff It looks like a challenge is ahead for the Moundridge football program as they look to replace 13 graduated seniors while trying to keep the Wildcats among the Heart of America League’s consistent contenders for the 2026 season. After finishing 2025 with a 4-2 league record and an 8-3 overall mark, the Wildcats will enter the new season with fresh faces, new roles, and familiar expectations. Tyler O’Connor re

By Staff The Elyria Christian volleyball program heads into the 2026 season with a determined senior core, renewed depth, and a schedule that wastes no time testing the Lady Eagles. Entering her second season in charge of the Lady Eagles and tenth overall coaching, Amie Foote believes the team’s summer work has positioned them to make a meaningful noise in league play and hopefully in the post-season. With Emma Glendening and Laney Reiff being the

By Staff In a move designed to give male athletes a meaningful, competitive fall activity that fits both Elyria Christian’s size and its long-term vision, the Eagles are officially launching their first season of 6-Man football. For several years, Elyria has fielded a boys’ soccer team with varying levels of participation. At times, interest was strong; in recent seasons, however, numbers have dwindled, leaving students with only one season of competition

By Staff Entering the 2026 season, the Canton/Galva football program has something missing the past couple of seasons which were defined by youth, injuries, and one of the roughest district schedules in 8-Man Division 1 – they have upperclassmen, depth, and a clear identity. “We have had only five graduating seniors in two years with a pair in 2025 and three in 2024,” noted third-year head coach Ted Regehr. “When I took over the program two years ago, this gr

By Staff Tyler Martisko topped off his Inman career by winning gold twice at the 2026 Class 2A State Track/Field Meet in Wichita where the Teuton boys finished fourth overall and the Lady Teutons placed second thanks to a win in the 4x100 Meter Relay. Overall, the Teuton boys scored 42 points to finish fourth in the team standings after sending 11 entries through nine events and having six team points collected. (Tyler Martisko - Doug Neufeld Photography)

By Staff While the Little River track/field teams finished third and ninth in the team standings, they left their mark at the 2026 Class 1A State Meet over the weekend with a state record breaking relay and three first-place gold medals. With the Redskin boys finishing third overall with 36 points in six events, the highlight came in the preliminary run of the 4x100 Meter Relay where they broke a state record with a run of 43.05!! The quartet of Logan Schuber

By Staff The Moundridge High track/field teams totaled one state event champions and scored in 17 events at the Class 2A State Track/Field Meet in Wichita on Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30 with the Wildcat boys finishing third and the Lady Wildcats tying for seventh. In total the Wildcat boys and Lady Wildcats entered 29 events. Third place is where the Wildcat boys finished for the meet, scoring 49 points over eight events. Highlighting the boy’s divi

By Staff The 2026 Inman High softball season came to an abrupt end on Monday when the fourth-seeded Lady Teutons lost 4-9 to fifth-seed Pittsburgh St. Mary’s / Colgan in the Class 2-1A State Tournament Quarterfinals. It means the Lady Teutons finish the 2026 season with a record of 24-3 while St. Mary’s / Colgan is scheduled to play top-seed Dexter/Cedar Vale in the semi-finals on Friday. In the game on Monday, Inman had a 2-1 lead through four innings before

By Staff The McPherson County area high schools will be well represented at the 2026 Kansas State Track/Field meet in Wichita this coming Friday and Saturday, May 29 ad 30 as 63 athletes will compete in 76 individual events not counting those covering 23 relay events as well. McPherson will be sending 15 athletes to compete in 16 individual events plus four relays to the Class 4A meet. Included among those competing in individual events will be Caleb Muehler

By Staff The Moundridge track/field teams found success at the Class 2A Regionals in Inman on Friday as both the boys and girls finished fourth in the team standings while qualifying an athlete in 15 events for the state meet. For the Lady Wildcats, they scored 50 points which tied them for fourth in the team standings with Ellinwood. Hoxie with 94 won the girls’ title followed by Inman (68.5) and Smith Center (58). Fourteen teams participated. Cammi Unruh qua

By Staff The Little River track/field teams did well at the state regionals as the Redskin boys won the regionals and the Lady Redskins finished fourth while the teams combined to qualify in 11 events for the state meet with top three finishes. Scoring 59 points and placing fourth in the team standings, the Lady Redskins qualified five athletes in individual events plus both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. Havana Olander and Dempsey Lafferty qualified by win

By Staff The Little River baseball team completed their 2026 season with a pair of decisive wins over Sublette and Bucklin at state regionals before losing to Thomas More Prep/Marian. With the two wins and loss, the Redskins finish the season 19-6. On Thursday, May 14 the Redskins opened regional play as the fifth seed playing twelfth seeded Sublette and scored a quick two-inning 16-0 win. Scoring seven runs in the first inning and nine in the second put the game away

By Staff According to the coaches, the Inman track/field teams qualified individuals in 21 events plus four relay teams for the Class 2A State Track/Field Meet coming out of regionals on Friday. To top it off, the host Teutons broke three school records as well as Lily Heflin broke a school record at 800 Meters, Olivia Brunk set a new school record in the 100 Meters and the 4x400 Meter Relay quartet of Addisyn Fisher, Lily Heflin, Brooklyn Black and Olivia Brunk s

By Staff The Little River baseball team has been on a roll the past week when they earned doubleheader sweeps of both Ellsworth and Sedgwick before splitting a pair with Moundridge. Now 17-5, the Redskins are the fifth seed in state Class 2-1A Region 4 and will play host to twelfth seed Sublette (6-12) in a quarterfinal game on Thursday, May 14. With a win, Little River would then play the winner of fourth-seed Bucklin/Coldwater (14-4) and thirteenth seed

By Staff Finally, in the final game of the regular season, the Canton/Galva baseball team won a game as they split a doubleheader at Bennington on Tuesday, May 5. In the first game, the Eagles lost 5-11 after falling behind 1-6 by the end of the second inning and while they scored four total runs over the fifth, sixth and seventh it was not enough to secure a win. Ethan Harrington had a huge game at the plate with his two hits being a double and

By Staff In the final regular season meet, the Canton/Galva track/field teams traveled to Moundridge on Tuesday and won three events while placing fifth in the boys’ standings and the girls tied for seventh. The Lady Eagles scored 32 team points which put them in a tie for seventh with Hutchinson Trinity as Faith McMannis picked up an event win in the Javelin with a throw of 98’6”. For the Eagle boys, John Erskin won the 100 Meters with a sprin

By Staff On Tuesday, the Inman track/field teams traveled to county rival Moundridge to run, jump, and throw at the 14 team Moundridge Invitational where the Lady Teutons finished second and the Teuton boys placed fourth while Brooklyn Black dominated the girls’ hurdles events. Scoring 100 team points, the Lady Teutons finished second in the team standings behind Moundridge who rolled up 132 points. Wichita Defenders, Goessel and Hutchinson Central Christian

By Staff The Moundridge track/field team hosted their own Invitational with 14 schools participating while the hosts dominated with the Lady Wildcats winning and the Wildcat boys finishing second. For the Lady Wildcats, they rolled up 132 points, well ahead of second-place and county rival Inman with 100. Cammi Unruh had a huge day as she won the 100 and 200 Meters plus the High Jump and still finished second in the Triple Jump. Other first p

By Staff sabblle On Tuesday, April 28, the Elyria Christian track/field team ran at the Burrton Invitational along with five other schools and brought home one first place finish. No team scoring was made available, the other team at the meet were Burrton, Haven, Little River, Peabody/Burns, and Sedgwick. For the Lady Eagles, sophomore Haven Bower won the 400 Meters and Joy Beck brought home a first in the 1,600 Meters. Beck also ran second in the 80

By Staff On Friday, the Moundridge track/field teams went to the John Thomas Invitational in Hillsboro where the Lady Wildcats finished second and the Wildcat boys placed third out of 18 team participating. The Lady Wildcats scored 89 team points, finishing second to Hesston who had 107 and ahead of Berean Academy who was third with 86. A large chunk of the Moundridge girls scoring came from Cammi Unruh who won both the 100 Meters and Long Jump while