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

BOYS LOSE BY 10, GIRLS BY 15   By Staff             LINDSBORG — Smoky Valley’s boys and girls basketball teams both battled but came up short Tuesday night against Hoisington, with the Cardinals using strong second‑half pushes in each contest to leave town with a sweep, beating the Viking boys 37-47 and the Lady Vikings 30-45.   With the loss the Viking boys drop to 9-5 for the season while the Lady Vikings dip to 6-8 as both look to recapture a sharpness and clearer sense of

TAKE 5 TH  AT STERLING INVITATIONAL   By Staff          LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley girls basketball team has found a good groove this past ten days, winning three of their last four, including two in a row at the Sterling Invitational which was good for a fifth-place finish.        The Lady Viking suffered a loss to Scott City in game one before bouncing back to humble Hutchinson Trinity and then come-from-behind to get a victory over Kingman.        Now 4-7 for the season,

NOW 7-4 FOR SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – By winning the final two games, over Southeast of Saline and Lyons,  at  the Sterling Invitational last week, the Smoky Valley boys basketball team have now won four of their last five game and six of eight.             This give the Vikings a 7-4 season mark as they tangle with Class 2A Hutchison Trinity (4-9) on the road Tuesday, January 27 before closing out the January schedule with a home battle against Russell (6-7)

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

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,

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

LOOKING FOR A WINNING SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – It has been a rough couple of seasons for the Smoky Valley boys’ basketball program as they look to take a big step forward and find their first winning season since 2022/23.             After finishing 4-17 in each of the past two seasons, Doug Schneider enters his fifteenth season in charge of the program with high hopes of finding success while building the team around center Ty Heitschmidt and guard Braylon O

WILL ‘PLAY FAST & FURIOUS’   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The 2024/25 season did not go as hoped for the Smoky Valley girls basketball program as they finished just 6-15 overall and 2-6 in league play before losing in the first round of the state Class 3A sub-state tournament, all while running with two productive seniors around a group of ambitious underclassmen.             Jason Drouillard begins his fifth season at overseeing the Lady Vikings while looking for a retur

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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HAMMER BELLE PLAINE 48-18   By Staff            BELLE PLAINE – The Smoky Valley football team continues to roll early in the 2025 season...

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FREE READ – WHO PLAYS & WHEN   By Staff            This is IT!! The time has finally arrived where the kids of the area schools get to...

HEITSHCMIDT, OPAT, MILLER PROVIDE SENIOR LEADERSHIP   By Staff               LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley football program returns 13...

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