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

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 AIMING FOR A STATE TITLE   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – Losing just once, and it was in the state title game is how the Moundridge boys basketball team closed the 2024/25 season giving the Wildcats ample ammunition to strive for a state title run again in 2025/26.             After winning a state title two seasons ago in his first year as head coach, Dustan Kanitz has set the bar high  beginning his third season with his 48 wins and just four losses after takin

UNRUH, KAMINKOW, LEAD 2025/26 TEAM   By Staff             MOUNDRIDGE – With no seniors graduating, it appears the Moundridge girls’ basketball program has the makings to earn a second straight Class 2A championship come March after going 24-2 and earning the state title a year ago.             Coach Kaleigh Huxman begins her fifth season as the leader of the Lady Wildcat program and to this point has secured 65 wins to just 27 losses. In 2024/25 they beat nearly everybody in

ESPINOZA, MCMANNIS, HOPPES TO LEAD 2025/26 LADY EAGLES   By Staff             CANTON – Despite moving through team and individual growing pains the past two seasons, the Canton/Galva girls’ basketball program still managed to finish the 2024/25 season with an 11-11 mark overall and that included a 5-3, third-place finish in play within  the Wheat State League.             Looking for better days ahead, the Lady Eagles will be led by head coach David Ediger who came in just be

LADY REDSKINS RETURN SIX STARTERS, 61 PPG   By Staff             LITTLE RIVER – After nearly claiming a state championship, the Little River girls have six players returning with starting experience as they look to do as they did in volleyball, claim victories and hopefully a state title.             In 2024/25 the Lady Redskins dominated the Wheat State League schedule, going 8-0, and came within one win of the Class 1A Division I state title (losing to unbeaten Centralia) w

BROZEK, NIGHTINGALE, SCHAMP TO LEAD EAGLES   By Staff             CANTON – For the 2025/26 season the Canton/Galva boys’ basketball team can put on the court three returning starters who combined for over 42 points per game last season as well as eight other Eagles with game day playing experience.                     While the loss of multi-year starters Jace Beltz and Noah Collins to graduation may sting temporarily, the Eagles return three starters in juniors Ethan Brozek,

RENKEN & GARRISON TO LEAD REDSKINS IN 2025/26   By Staff             LITTLE RIVER – Closing the 2024/25 season at the state tournament only to lose to eventual state champion Olpe, left a desire for the 2025/26 team to peak even better and aim for a state title of their own!                     Beginning his fifth season in charge of the Redskin program, Erik Base has accumulated a record of 59-31at this point while being assisted by former McPherson College head coach, Roger

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

18 CALLS FOR COUNTY EMS/FIRE UNITS           These are the 18 calls and runs made by McPherson County EMS and Fire Units on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, as made available by the McPherson County Emergency Communications office and McPherson Fire Department by noon, Wednesday, Nov. 19   2:21 AM = MCPHERSON EMS plus Lindsborg Police, McPherson Police, County Sheriff & Main Street Wrecker/Recovery responded to TRAFFIC STOP/OFFICER HELP REQUEST (Subject Arrested) along northbound I-13