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

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