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McPherson County KS - Youth Sports & Activities


ELYRIA CHRISTIAN GIRLS SPLIT PAIR
EDGE GOESSEL, LOSE TO LITTLE RIVER By Staff The Elyria Christian girls split a pair of games in the next to final week of regular season basketball, going on the road Tuesday edging Goessel by nine, 34-25, before finishing Friday tangling with the top team in Class 1A Division I, Little River, and being out gunned 18-53. The Lady Eagles had a week of grit and growth among two very different battles as they sharpen their identity heading into the final stretch
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5 days ago4 min read


AREA SCHOOL BASKETBALL BRIEF
COUNTY SMALL SCHOOLS SCORED 9 WINS, 5 LOSSES By Staff We are nearing the final two or three weeks of the 2025-26 basketball season for the six McPherson County area small schools and on Tuesday for all six plus Monday games for Canton/Galva, the area small schools scored nine wins to go with five losses. A run down for each school. Elyria Christian found a pair of wins over Goessel as the Eagle boys won 61-32 and the Lady Eagles, led by the p
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Feb 122 min read


DEFENSE GUIDES ELYRIA GIRLS IN 2 BLOWOUT WINS
LADY EAGLES THUMP HERINGTON, WAKEFIELD By Staff The Elyria Christian girls’ basketball team put together possible their most dominating back-to-back games of the season as they rolled over Wakefield (52-6) and Herington (54-18) on Tuesday and Friday. With the wins, the Lady Eagles are now 8-11 for the season as they prep to tangle with Goessel on Tuesday and then finish the week hosting the top ranked team in Class 1A Division I, Little River. Little Riv
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Feb 94 min read


ELYRIA LADY EAGLES PLACE 5TH AT BEREAN TOURNAMENT
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
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Jan 256 min read


ELYRIA LADY EAGLES WIN 2, NOW 4-8
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
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Jan 184 min read


ELYRIA BOYS OPEN 2026 WITH WIN AND TWO LOSSES
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
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Jan 146 min read


ELYRIA LADY EAGLES GO 1-2, PYLE SCORES 45
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
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Jan 115 min read


ELYRIA LADY EAGLES GET FIRST WIN
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
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Jan 43 min read


ROMERO, BROADUS, GARDNER LEAD ELYRIA SEASON OPENERS
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
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Dec 6, 20255 min read


PYLE LEADS ELYRIA GIRLS IN SEASON OPENERS
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
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Dec 6, 20254 min read


PYLE & PRESCOTT TO LEAD ELYRIA
LADY EAGLES AIM FOR SUCCESS in 2025/26 By Staff ELYRIA – It was a sometimes-rough season for the Elyria Christian girls’ basketball program in 2024/25 as they played with as few as seven players yet still managed to finish the season at 12-10 that included a 7-1 mark in Wheat State League play. Leading the Elyria Christian girls’ program for now the thirteenth season is Greg Fields. Fields has secured an overall record of 153-109 after finish
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Dec 2, 20255 min read


11 AREA RUNNERS QUALIFY FOR STATE
WILDCATS SENDING FIVE It was a solid weekend for the cross-country teams of McPherson County area as eleven runners qualified from four schools, including three who finished in the top five at regionals and six in the top ten. Tyler Martisko and Riley Roots, both seniors at Inman, had the best day of running as Martisko finished second and Roots placed fourth at their regionals. Also placing in the top five of their regional was Bay
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Oct 28, 20253 min read


ELYRIA SPIKERS POWER TO PAIR OF WINS
BEAT WAKEFIELD, SOLOMON By Staff ELYRIA – In a pair of matches on Tuesday, the Elyria Christian volleyball team scored a...
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Oct 2, 20252 min read


ROUGH WEEKEND FOR ELYRIA SPIKERS, NOW 6-7 ON SEASON
YOUTH LEADING TEAM ELYRIA – It was a rough weekend for the Elyria Christian volleyball program as they went 3-2 on...
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Sep 17, 20253 min read


THIS WEEK #2 IN THE COUNTY
FREE READ – WHO PLAYS PLUS WHEN & WHERE By Staff Week one is done and with it we have all five small school football teams...
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Sep 8, 20253 min read


ELYRIA SPIKERS SPLIT SEASON OPENERS
BEAT HUTCHINSON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, LOSE TO WICHITA HOMESCHOOL By Staff ELYRIA – Going on the road for their season...
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Sep 3, 20252 min read


THIS WEEK IN THE COUNTY
FREE READ – WHO PLAYS & WHEN By Staff This is IT!! The time has finally arrived where the kids of the area schools get to...
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Sep 1, 20253 min read


ELYRIA CHRISTIAN SPIKERS LOOK TO REBUILD
REIFF, PYLE TO LEAD LADY EAGLES By Staff ELYRIA – After going 21-16 last season, the Elyria Christian volleyball program...
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Aug 20, 20252 min read


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Apr 10, 20252 min read


ELYRIA CHRISTIAN LADY EAGLE BASKETBALL
ELYRIA GIRLS ROLL TO WIN AT SUB-STATE By Staff ELYRIA – It was all Elyria Christian girls Monday in the first game of...
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Feb 25, 20253 min read
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