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

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

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

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