4-1 LAST 5 GAMES   By Staff           ELYRIA – The Elyria Christian girls basketball team may only be 6-9 for the season, they are 4-1 in the last five games and finished fifth at the Berean Academy Eli J Walter Basketball tournament this past week after losing on Tuesday, 38-43, to Hutchinson Central Christian and then winning a pair of games on Thursday over Wichita Classical, 36-28 and on Friday, 61-44, over Ell-Saline.             Host Berean Academy won the tournament wi

SET TO PLAY AT STERLING TOURNAMENT   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley boys basketball team worked hard and earned a pair of wins last week, defeating Chapman at home, 63-32 on Tuesday followed by a 39-point victory on the road at Nickerson on Friday.             The pair of victories gives the Vikings a record of 5-3 for the season as they get ready to play in the Sterling Black Bear Tournament starting on Tuesday, January 30 when they battle with Hutchinson

NOW 2-6 FOR SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley girls basketball team finished out the week Friday on the road with a huge win over Nickerson, 54-24, after losing at home on Tuesday to Chapman, 25-45.             Now 2-6 for the season, the Lady Vikings will now play at the Sterling Black Bear Tournament beginning on Tuesday when they tangle with Scott City. Other teams in the tournament are Sterling, Lyons, Hutchinson Trinity, Hugoton, Southeast of Sal

NOW 8-3, WINNER OF SIX STRAIGHT GAMES   By Staff             CANTON – With a pair of wins last week over Solomon (49-19) and Goessel (59-31) the Canton/Galva girls basketball team continues to roll through January with a win streak of five for the month and six overall.             Now 8-3 for the season, the Lady Eagles will be off for a week before closing out January with a flurry of games beginning with a road trip to Hutchinson Central Christian on Monday, January 26, a

NOW 8-3, RANKED 10 TH     By Staff             CANTON – The Canton/Galva boys basketball team got halfway through January by losing a heartbreaker with Solomon, 48-49 before thumping Goessel 65-17. The loss to Solomon broke a five-game winning streak.             Now 8-3 for the season, the Eagles are ranked tenth in Class 1A Division I. They get to rest for a week while prepping for a very busy final week of January where they will travel to Hutchinson Central Christian on M

NOW 11-1 WITH FIVE WINS IN A ROW   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge girls basketball team continues to roll along in the 2025/26 season as they pounded a pair of Wichita schools last week including a 58-14 drubbing of Wichita Central Christian Academy on the road Tuesday and a home court thumping of Wichita Classical, 67-20, on Friday.             With the Lady Wildcats now 11-1 on the season, they begin prepping to play in the Hillsboro Trojan Classic Basketb

NOW 10-1 FOR SEASON   By Staff           MOUNDRIDGE – This past week the Moundridge boys’ basketball team went to the big city of Wichita to earn a pair of wins, beating Wichita Central Christian Academy 64-29 on the road Tuesday and then pulling out a close 63-56 victory at home over Wichita Classical on Friday.           Now 10-1 for the season, the Wildcats will be busy this coming week as they participate in the Hillsboro Trojan Classic Basketball Tournament beginning on

NOW 9-1 WITH SIX GAME WIN STREAK   By Staff             LITTLE RIVER – Hosting Goessel and Rural Vista this past week proved to be beneficial for the Little River boys’ basketball team as they dismantled Goessel, 80-18, before defeating Rural Vista on Friday, 67-40.             Now 9-1 for the season, the Redskins have won six in a row since their loss to Class 2A powerhouse Moundridge just before the holiday break. Next up will be three games as part of the St. John/Hudson b

NOW 11-0   By Staff             LITTLE RIVER – The Little River girls basketball team continued to roll by scoring a pair of decisive home court wins last week, including a 43-point victory over Rural Vista and a 47-point win over Goessel.             Now 11-0, the Lady Redskins now prep for the St. John/Hudson Girls Basketball Tournament that will run from Monday, January 19 to Saturday, January 24.             On Tuesday, Little River hosted Goessel where they ran out to a

BEAT PEABODY/BURNS & CENTRE   By Staff                      ELYRIA – Could the Elyria Christian girls’ team be turning a corner as they finish out the second week of the new year with a pair of wins over Peabody/Burns and Lost Springs/Centre.             Now 4-8 for the season the Lady Eagles will prep for next weeks Berean Academy Eli J. Walter Tournament beginning on Tuesday, January 20 against Hutchinson Central Christian.             As for the past week, the Lady Eagles

ELYRIA – The Elyria Christian boys basketball team had a busy first week back after the holiday break and found themselves losing to Reno County homeschoolers and Canton/Galva while getting a big win over Rural Vista in between.             The win and two losses puts the Eagles at 4-6 for the season with four of those losses to a pair of top five Class 2A schools in Wichita Classical and Moundridge as well as a pair of Class 1A Division I top-ten teams like Little River and

HEITSCHMDIT RECORDES DOUBLE-DOUBLE             HOISINGTON – Last Tuesday the Smoky Valley boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Hoisington where they both lost, the Lady Vikings lost by 31 while the Viking boys could not hold a lead late in the game and lost by one.           The Viking boys are now 3-3 for the season while the Lady Vikings drop to 1-5.           Both teams will be hosting Chapman  on Tuesday, January 13 before going on the road to Nickerson on Friday,

KAMINKOW PASSES 500 REBOUNDS IN CAREER             MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge girls basketball team closed out the first full week of the 2026 parts of the schedule with a pair of wins over Bennington and Sterling, beating Bennington by nine at home and going on the road to thump Sterling by 31.             During the game with Bennington, Macy Kaminkow grabbed her 500 th  rebound as a Lady Wildcat.             Now 9-1 for the season, the Lady Wildcats will be on the road Tu

NOW 8-1, STILL RANKED 2 ND             MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge boys basketball team now knows what it is up against as they battled the top team in Class 2A, the Sterling Black Bears, and lost their first game of the season, dropping the second-ranked Wildcats to 8-1 for the year.             Moundridge began the 2026 side of the schedule on Tuesday with a dominating 32-point, 52-20 win over Bennington at home in front of the Wildcat faithful before the loss on the road a

FELDMAN SURPASSES 1,000 CAREER POINTS             LITTLE RIVER – The Little River girls basketball team continues to roll through their schedule as they completed a busy first full week of January by humbling Herington by 55 on Tuesday, dismantling Peabody/Burns by 60 on Friday and thumping St. John/Hudson by 30 on Saturday, all on the road.             During the game with Herington, senior Arika Feldman surpassed the 1,000-point mark of her career as a Lady Redskin during t

NOW 6-3 OVERALL, 2-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY   By Staff                 CANTON – The Canton/Galva girls basketball program is on a roll since the final game before the holiday break by winning four games in a row to up their season mark to 6-3.             After putting a 57-17 thumping on Centre the Friday before the holiday break, the Lady Eagles have returned to the competitive court and rattled off three more wins including a 16-point win at home over Cunningham, a 36-point poundi

NOW 6-1 FOR SEASON             LITTLE RIVER – After going into the holiday break with a loss the Little River boys bounced back with a pair of decisive wins to begin the 2026 side of the basketball schedule with victories over Herington and St. John/Hudson.   Against Herington on Tuesday, the Redskins ran out to a 17-point, 27-10 lead by the end of the first quarter and held a commanding 26-point, 43-17 advantage at the halftime break. After pushing the lead to 58-20 by the e

ELYRIA – The Elyria Christian girls won their second straight game on Monday with a win over Reno County Sabres before dropping a pair of games to Rural Vista and Canton/Galva to finish out the week.             With the win and two losses, the Lady Eagles are now 2-8 for the season as they prep to host Peabody/Burns on Tuesday, January 13 and Centre on Friday, January 16.             On Monday, Elyria had a nine point, 14-5 lead by the end of the first quarter over the Reno

By Staff             CANTON – The Canton/Galva boys are on a roll, winning their fourth and fifth games in a row with wins over Wakefield on Tuesday and Elyria Christian on Friday.             With the two wins, the Eagles are now 7-2 for the season with games coming up on Tuesday, January 13 when they host Solomon and on Friday, January 16 on the road at Goessel.             In the 58-12 thumping of Wakefield on the road Tuesday, Canton/Galva ran out to a 23-0 first quarter

By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – Finishing up the December side of the 2025/26 basketball schedule for the Moundridge girls, they enter January with a record of 7-1 and ranked first in Class 2A.             The first game of January will come on Tuesday, January 6 when they play host to Bennington before heading to Sterling to battle the Lady Black Bears on Friday, January 9. The second week takes them to Wichita Central Christian Academy on Tuesday, January 13 before playin