By Staff Setting a standard for the season ahead, the McPherson High football team rolled past visiting Augusta on Friday in their 2026 season opener, 42-6. “We were able to get some revenge from last year,” noted Bullpup head coach Jace Pavlovich. “Our kids played incredibly well on both sides of the ball.” Taking a one-score, 14-6, led by the end of the first quarter, the Bullpups found the end zone one more time in each of the seco

By Staff On Tuesday, the McPherson volleyball team scored a pair of wins over Buhler and Augusta, bringing the season mark for the Lady Bullpups to 3-3. Next up for the spikers will be on the road Tuesday, September 8 at Winfield for a triangular with the Lady Vikings and El Dorado. Here is a snapshot of the matches on Tuesday: MATCH vs. BUHLER Lady Bullpups won 2-1= 19-25, 25-23, 25-18 Coach Doile Reflections: “Wowza, we got off to a slow start while B

By Staff The McPherson Lady Bullpup volleyball team opened its 2026 season on Saturday, hosting the AVCTL Preseason Invitational. McPherson finished the day 2-3 and were scheduled to battle with Buhler and Augusta in a road triangular at Augusta on Tuesday, September 1. Here is a SNAPSHOT look at the Lady Bullpups from Saturday’s action. MATCH RESULTS: Finished day 2-3 Lost to Maize South = 19-25, 13-25 Won over Goddard = 25-20, 25-15 Lost to Derby =

By Staff On Friday, the McPherson Middle School Lady Pup eighth and seventh grade volleyball teams opened their 2026 season with home wins over Arkansas City. 8th GRADE VOLLEYBALL: For the 8th grade ‘A’ team, they scored a two-match sweep, 25-15 and 25-9, over Ark City. According to head coach Christine Pianalto, “The girls battled a few unforced errors in the first set but were then able to become more consistent with serving and hitting in the second set.

This is a breakdown as to what to find in 2026 with the McPherson Lady Bullpup Tennis team – a summary type of manner: THE 2025 SEASON: Ø AVCTL III & IV Champions Ø Class 4A Regional Champions Ø Class 4A State Runner-up Ø Multiple state-placing doubles teams HEAD COACH TYLER BROWN: Ø 15TH Season as Head Coach Ø Assistant Coach = Ricardo Sanchez KEY LOSSES TO GRADUATION: Ø Maryn Sandbo = 4-time State Qualifier, 3rd at Class 4A State Championships, one of Lady Bul

By Staff This is a breakdown as to what to look forward to in 2026 with the McPherson Bullpup football team – in summary type of manner: THE 2025 SEASON: Ø Finished 5-4 HEAD COACH JACE PAVLOVICH: Ø 80-31 CAREER MARK Ø BEGINNING SEASON 12 2026 BULLPUP SNAPSHOT: Ø Returning Letter winners = 24 Ø Returning Starters – Offense = 9 Ø Returning Starters – Defense = 10 THE OFFENSE: Ø Identity – Balanced attack, and high-efficiency passing Ø Multiple explosive skill th

By Staff Inge Esping - Principal, McPherson Middle School The 2026/27 school year will be the fourth for Inge Esping serving as Principal of McPherson Middle School. A journey that has come full circle, as it is where she began her career in education as a student teacher two decades ago. “This is actually where I student taught with Beth Klassen,” explained Esping as she shared how meaningful it is to now lead the same school where her career began. Her

By Staff There is something fitting about having Cody Rierson back in McPherson – not just living here, but leading here, as for the third time in his career, he has returned home, and this time he steps into possible the most impactful role in the community as Superintendent of USD 418. Rierson’s story is stitched directly into the fabric of McPherson. A Bullpup through and through, he grew up in the hallways of Lincoln Elementary, McPherson Middle School, and

By Staff (Cara Schrag - Principal at Roosevelt Elementary, USD 418) Trust is important for Cara Schrag as she begins year number four serving as Principal of McPherson USD 418’s Roosevelt Elementary School. “I am a wife and mother of four,” explained Schrag. “Being a parent has strengthened both my perspective and compassion as a school leader. I understand what it means for families to place their children in our care each day and will never take that trust l

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

On Friday, April 10, the McPherson baseball team traveled to Towanda to tangle with the Circle Thunderbirds where they won game one, 3-2, before losing the second game, 1-8. Top Offense in game one = Cowen Huggard had three of the team six hits, Cru Buchman, Takoda Linn, and Adrian Unruh recorded runs batted in with Carter Bengtson, Chapman, and Cade Strathman each scoring. Pitching in game one = Huggard took the mound to start with Unruh in relief. Comb

MONDAY, APR 6 hosting Andale/Garden Plain Now 7-3 for the season, the Lady Bullpups will be back on the competitive diamond on Friday in Towanda playing the Circle Lady Thunderbirds. LEADERS OF GAME ONE: Rylie Whitfield, Brooke Doile, and Pera Bauer each had a pair of hits with Whitfield knocking in three runs, and Doile two. Bauer hit for a double as the team hammered out seven hits good for seven runs. Carmin Pavlovich worked the mound and faced 27 batters, throwing 109 pit

By Staff The McPherson baseball team improved their season mark to 9-1 with a sweep of a home doubleheader with Andale/Garden Plain on Monday, winning 13-1 and 7-1. It was the bottom of the lineup pushing the Bullpups to victory in game one as Bo Barkley, Takoda Linn, and Graham Prescott combined for six of the team’s nine hits while scoring a combined four runs and driving in five. After Andale/Garden Plain took an early 0-2 lead in the first

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MCPHERSON EARNS PAIR OF WINS OVER RIVAL BUHLER!! By Staff After splitting a pair of games with Hays on Tuesday, both the McPherson boys and girls basketball teams scored wins on Friday over rival Buhler as the Bullpup boys defeated the Crusaders by 22 and the Lady Bullpups edged out a three point overtime victory. For the Bullpup boys , they continue to bounce back from a disappointing early season where they lost five of their first seven games. With the 22-po

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