By Staff             Moundridge – With a pair of commanding victories to end the month of December, the Moundridge boys will enter the 2026 parts of the schedule with a 7-0 mark and ranked second in Class 2A.             Upcoming for the Wildcats will be a home game with Bennington on Tuesday, January 6 followed by a road trip to Sterling on Friday, January 9. On Tuesday, January 13 and Friday, January 16, Moundridge will be at Wichita Central Christian Academy and hosting Wi

By Staff             ELYRIA – Thanks to a monster game by Grace Prescott, the Elyria Christian girls closed out their December schedule with a huge win over Solomon on Friday, December 19.                     It helped to ease the pain from the previous six losses in the month, including one to Remington on Tuesday, December 16.             Against Remington, the Lady Eagles lost by 30, 24-54 despite only trailing by 15-28 at halftime.             According to Lady Eagle head

FELDMAN SCORES A DOUBLE-DOUBLE   By Staff             LITTLE RIVER – The Little River girls continue to play like they are on a mission as they opened the second half of the 2025/26 schedule on Friday with a resounding 82-21 thumping of visiting Norwich.             Ranked first in Class 1A Division I the Lady Redskins are now 6-0 for the season after scoring a pre-holiday break win, 52-40, over the top team in Class 2A, Moundridge.   In the Moundridge game, Arika Feldman sco

CLOSED DECEMBER WITH LOSS   By Staff                     LITTLE RIVER – After finishing the first month of the 2025/26 with a loss to Class 2A powerhouse Moundridge just before Christmas break, the Little River boys bounced back and held on to earn a four-point, 52-48 win over Norwich on Friday.             The Redskins took a seven-point, 14-7,  lead out of the first quarter and held the same seven-point advantage, 22-15, going into the halftime break. After the break Norwic

BROZEK HITS 5 3-POINTERS   By Staff             CANTON – After finishing the December schedule winning four of six, the Canton/Galva boys basketball program jumped into January with a decisive 27-point, 72-45 win over visiting Cunningham on Friday, giving the team three wins in a row.   After leading by four, 18-14 at the end of the first quarter, the Eagles put 25 points on the board in the second quarter to push their advantage to 16 points, 43-27, heading into the halftime

RYAN HITTING DOUBLE-DOUBLE PER GAME   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley boys basketball team closed out the December part of the 2025/26 schedule with three wins and a pair of losses after scoring a pair of wins in the final week before the holiday break.             After losing a heart wrenching 52-61 game to Concordia on Friday, December 12, the Vikings powered back and scored a 55-41 win over Belle Plaine on Tuesday, and a fourth-quarter comeback win over

By Staff                 CANTON – The Canton/Galva girls basketball program enters the holiday break with an even 3 wins against 3 losses after splitting a pair of game this past week.             After suffering a seven-point, 30-37, defeat at Marion on Tuesday, the Lady Eagles bounced back in a huge way with a 57-17 pounding of Centre on Friday.             Now 3-3, the Canton/Galva girls will hit the competitive court again on Friday, January 2 hosting Cunningham before pl

NOW 5-0 ON THE SEASON   (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and  pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – Still unbeaten two weeks into the 2025/26 season, the Moundridge boys stormed through their three games of the Moundridge tournament last week winning all three by a margin of 42 points!             After dismantling Lyons on Tuesday, 75-34, the Wild

NOW 6-0 ON SEASON   (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and  pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)   By Staff                 MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge girls continue to roll for the 2025/26 season as they scored three decisive and impressive wins at the Moundridge Tournament last week.             The Lady Wildcats opened the week with a 69-10 rout over Lyons on Tuesday, then followe

NOW 2-2 FOR SEASON   (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and  pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)   By Staff             The Canton/Galva girls’ basketball program went up against a pair of powerhouse teams and lost at the Goessel Bluebird Classic Tournament last week while getting a win in between.             Losing 26-55 to second-ranked Linn in the first game, the Lady Eagles boun

NOW 4-0 ON SEASON           (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and  pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)   By Staff             The Little River boys duplicated the girl’s team by winning all three games in the Goessel Bluebird Classic to earn the tournament championship trophy..             It took a win over Hutchinson Central Christian, 59-21, followed by a 24-point victory over El

WOODS LEADS INMAN IN SCORING   (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and  pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)   By Staff                     INMAN = With Kenna Woods leading the offense, Inman girls’ basketball has opened the 2025-26 season with a pair of wins and a pair of losses.             The Lady Teutons opened the 2025/26 season with a 34-point, 55-21 pounding of Minneapolis on F

FELDMAN, OLANDER, LOOK  LEAD LITTLE RIVER (Enjoy the free writes in December, we return to subscription status after Christmas - my staff and I have to live and pay expenses, at $2.50/month, it is a good deal!)             GOESSEL – The Little River girls basketball team continues to look like they are on a mission as they plowed through the three games of competition last week to win the trophy as champions of the annual Goessel Bluebird Classic Tournament.                 

C/G EAGLE BOYS LOSE TO RURAL VISTA   By Staff             It was not the ending they hoped for in the 2025/26 season opener Friday for the Canton/Galva boys basketball team as they lost by 11, 58-69 to Rural Vista.             The Eagles held a one-point, 16-15 lead after the first quarter before falling behind by three, 30-33, by the halftime break.                     Trailing by just four after three quarters, Rural Vista took advantage of foul troubles by the Eagles and p

ESPINOZA SCORES 27, TEAM MAKES 11 3’s   By Staff             CANTON – The Canton/Galva girls basketball team could not have asked for a better start to the 2025/26 season as they dominated Rural Vista on Friday in rolling to a 45-point, 68-23 win.           “I was really proud of our ladies,” noted Lady Eagle head coach Dave Ediger. “They played with great intensity from the start and once they got rolling it was fun to watch.”           From the opening quarter when the Lady

HATTIE HECOX, UNRUH LED LADY WILDCATS   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – In defense of their reigning Class 2A championship trophy, the Moundridge girls’ basketball program got the 2025/26 season underway with three commanding wins over Haven, Garden Plain and Elyria Christian on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.             The Lady Wildcats got their season rolling on Tuesday with a 31-point, 56-24 win over Haven as the team recorded five three-pointers, 30 rebounds and 12 as

MOUNDRIDGE TAKES DOWN HAVEN, ELYRIA CHRISTIAN   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – The Moundridge boys basketball team scored a pair of runaway victories over Haven and Elyria Christian on Tuesday and Friday  to open the 2025/26 season 2-0.             On Tuesday, the Wildcats jumped all over Haven in the first quarter, flying out to an 18-1 lead before settling in for a 10-point, 24-14 advantage at the halftime break. Moundridge outscored Haven 16-10 in the third quarter and

LADY REDSKINS DISMANTLE CHASE COUNTY   By Staff             The Little River girls basketball team are hoping to make a run again for a state championship in 2025/26 and by the way they opened the season they appear to be on a mission as they dismantled Chase County to the tune of a 68-point, 87-19, win on Tuesday night.             Running out to a huge 22-point, 27-5 lead by the end of the first quarter, the Lady Redskins never looked back and never let up on the gas pedal

EAGLES LOSE TO WICHITA CLASSICAL & MOUNDRIDGE   By Staff             The Elyria Christian boys’ basketball team began the 2025/26 season stepping up with games against bigger schools such as Wichita Classical and Moundridge where they lost both season openers, 36-47 and 40-66, respectively.             Against Wichita Classical, the Eagles fell behind early, 7-11 but stayed within three points, 16-19, going into the halftime break. Classical threw 19 points on the scoreboard

ELYRIA LADY EAGLES STUMBLE TWICE TO OPEN SEASON   By Staff             The Elyria Christian girls’ basketball program hit the 2025/26 season running with a pair of games against schools with bigger population and a strong court presence, and fought hard but lost to Wichita Classical, 41-50,  and Moundridge, 10-54.             In the season opener Tuesday evening against Wichita Classical, the Lady Eagles fell behind by six, 12-18, by the end of the first quarter and were down