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Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

WILSON --- The Wilson Dragons escaped with a 57-51 victory over the Chase Kats in Wilson. Read More
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Bearcats send a grappler to the state wrestling tournament

Bearcats send a grappler to the state wrestling tournament

RUSSELL ---- Ty Nienke  placed fourth after a controversial call in the 1A-2A-3A regional wrestling tournament in Russell Saturday, qualifying the sophomore wrestler to the state tournament Feb. 24-25 in Hays. Read More
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Friday night roundball roundup

Friday night roundball roundup

LARNED --- The Lady ‘Cats got their sixth win of the season, defeating the Lady Indians 42-33 at the Larned Wigwam. Ellsworth won the game without the services of Halle Connally and Whitney Williams, who were both nursing rolled ankles. Read More
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Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

DeleteWILSON -- Palco was no match for the third-ranked 1A Division II Wilson Dragons who pummeled the Roosters by a score of 62-40. Jake Stoppel earned a well-deserved rest in the game. Read More
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Friday night roundball roundup

Friday night roundball roundup

ELLSWORTH --- Ellsworth almost pulled an upset, tying fifth-ranked 2A Republic County 60-60 by the end of regulation play, but the Buffaloes won the game in overtime 70-62 by shooting free throws as the four of the five Bearcat starters fouled out of the game. Read More
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Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

Tuesday’s tales from the hardwood

MINNEAPOLIS --- The Bearcats beat the Lions 47-46 in Minneapolis. Clint Glaser shot three frees throws in the last two seconds of the game. Read More
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Monday night basketball report

Monday night basketball report

CLAFLIN --- The Lady Eagles of Ellinwood were plucked by the Lady O’s 71-51 Monday in Claflin. Read More
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Basketball Homecoming results

Basketball Homecoming results

WILSON --- No surprise that the second-ranked 1A Division II Lady Dragons steamed over a very young Tescott girls’ basketball team 60-25 in Wilson. Read More
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Froese signs with Sterling

Froese signs with Sterling

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Prosser signs with Garden City

Prosser signs with Garden City

CLAFLIN — Dylan Prosser, the big blocking fullback, noseguard and linebacker for the Central Plains Oilers signed a letter of intent to play football for the Garden City Community College Broncbusters this morning at Central Plains High School in Claflin. Read More
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Tuesday night tales from the hardwood

Tuesday night tales from the hardwood

RUSSELL ---  The Bearcats broke the Broncos of Russell 62-43 in a game that was pretty much decided in the first half of the second quarter. Read More
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Friday night hoops scores

Friday night hoops scores

BELOIT --- St. John’s of Beloit /Tipton has a lot of quality basketball players and did a good job keeping up with the sixth-ranked 1A Division II Wilson Dragons in the first half of the game, but the Dragons roared in the third quarter and by the final buzzer Wilson won by a score of 57-34. Read More
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Southeast of Saline tournament update

Southeast of Saline tournament update

GYPSUM — The 8-2 Lady Black Bears of Sterling defeated the Lady Oilers of Central Plains Thursday by a score of 49-41 in the Southeast of Saline Girls’ Invitational Basketball tournament in Gypsum. Read More
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Tournament tallies

Tournament tallies

HAYS --- Ty Nienke, the Bearcat 106 pound grappler placed third in an exciting consolation match win, scoring the point needed in the final seconds of the last period of competition. Tristan Ptacek was one match out of vying for fifth or sixth place. Read More
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Friday night roundball tournament updates

Friday night roundball tournament updates

LINCOLN --- Both the Wilson teams will play for league championships Saturday, after winning their semi-final games Friday in Lincoln. Read More
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Tournament schedules for Ellsworth County teams

Tournament schedules for Ellsworth County teams

HOISINGTON — The Ellsworth Bearcats will play NCAA rivals mighty Minneapolis at 4:45 p.m. Friday at the Hoisington Activity Center in Hoisington. Minneapolis has fallen from the rankings of the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, but still is a good team and is well-coached as everyone in the North Central Activities Association knows. Read More
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Thursday night tournament tales

Thursday night tournament tales

HOISINGTON --- The Lady ‘Cats defeated Victoria by a score of 48-34 in the consolation bracket of the Cardinal Winter Jam tournament in Hoisington. Read More
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Tuesday night basketball tournament roundup

Tuesday night basketball tournament roundup

SYLVAN GROVE -- Thunder Ridge did a good job of containing Wilson’s Jake Stoppel in the second round of the Northern Prairie League Tournament at the Sylvan Unified venue Tuesday, but the Dragons won the game 46-37. Read More
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Basketball Tournament season opens with Ellsworth County wins

Basketball Tournament season opens with Ellsworth County wins

LINCOLN--Logan was no match for the Dragons of Wilson, who pummeled the Trojans in the first round of the Northern Plains League Tournament 76-29. Read More
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Friday night roundball roundup

Friday night roundball roundup

ELLSWORTH --- The Bearcats held on to a 1-point margin to defeat the Knights of Sacred Heart 51-50 in a tense, emotion-charged North Central Activities Association game in Ellsworth. Read More
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Tales from the battle of 112: Central Plains versus Wilson

Tales from the battle of 112: Central Plains versus Wilson

WILSON --- It was the first meeting of Central Plains versus Wilson at the Dragon Den Tuesday and both games were exciting and extremely physical. Read More
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Bearcats win Monday night make-up game

Bearcats win Monday night make-up game

ELLSWORTH --- The Bearcats won Monday night’s make-up game over Southeast of Saline by a score of 65-55. The game had been postponed due to the Dec. 20th snowstorm. Read More
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Friday night’s tales from the hardwood

Friday night’s tales from the hardwood

TESCOTT --- The Trojans of Tescott gave the Wilson Dragons a hard time in the first half, but in the end Wilson was just too powerful for them and the ninth-ranked 1A Division II Dragons cruised to a 67-42 victory in Tescott. Read More
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Tuesday night roundball returns

Tuesday night roundball returns

ELLSWORTH --- The Lady Bearcats won their third game of the season Tuesday night as they came back from a 9-point deficit to take the lead early in the fourth quarter, defeating the Lady Broncos of Russell 45-38. Keys to the win were the 3-ball shooting of the Lady ‘Cats and good team play. Read More
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Friday night roundball recap

Friday night roundball recap

SYLVAN GROVE --- Rankings mean nothing when the Dragons of Wilson and the Mustangs of Sylvan Unified meet, but the seventh-ranked 1A Division I Mustangs fell 64-49 to Wilson Friday in a game where the score belies the closeness of the contest. Read More
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Tuesday’s tales of the hardwood

Tuesday’s tales of the hardwood

ELLSWORTH --- The Lady Lions of Minneapolis rolled over the Lady Bearcats 53-35 led by senior Kelsie Paige who rarely missed a shot all night. Minneapolis played a good defensive game of basketball and stymied the Lady ‘Cat shooting for the duration of the game. Read More
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Saturday night tales from the hardwood

Saturday night tales from the hardwood

LINCOLN --- The Central Plains Lady Oilers easily upended a good, fourth-ranked 2A Lady Cardinals of Ell-Saline 44-36 basketball team to grab the championship of the Amos Morris/ George Stephens Classic Basketball Tournament in Lincoln Saturday. Read More
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Friday night roundball tournament madness report

Friday night roundball tournament madness report

STOCKTON --- Lady Dragon Karlie Steinle scored 33 points in the 60-36 win over the Lady Tigers of Stockton as Wilson won the Stockton round-robin basketball tournament. Steinle and the strength of the Lady Dragon bench were the keys to the win. Steinle made four of four 3-balls in the win. Read More
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Tuesday’s basketball tournament madness report

Tuesday’s basketball tournament madness report

LINCOLN --- The Bearcats of Ellsworth won their first game of the Amos Morris/George Stephens Classic Basketball Tournament in Lincoln Monday night, defeating Ell-Saline by a score of 64-43. The ‘Cats will meet Phillipsburg at 8:30 p.m. Friday night at Lincoln High School. Read More
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Bearcat grapplers kick-off winter sports season

Bearcat grapplers kick-off winter sports season

HAYS --- The young Bearcat wrestling team kicked-off the winter sports season with a roar as Ellsworth won four of the seven varsity matches against Thomas Moore Prep Thursday night. Marshall Barkow lost his match in a sudden-death overtime period. Read More
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Roundball season begins

Roundball season begins

ELLSWORTH --- The big news is that the Lady ‘Cats won their first game of the season, defeating the Lady Lions of Lyons by a score of 48-45. Read More
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Central Plains Oilers finish season 9-2

Central Plains Oilers finish season 9-2

MONTEZUMA -- The South Gray County Rebels destroyed  Central Plains’ playoff hopes by defeating the Oilers 52-6 with 1:56 left to play in the game--winning by the 45-point mercy rule. Read More
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An Ellsworth County football team advances in playoffs

An Ellsworth County football team advances in playoffs

SMITH CENTER -- The Redmen of Smith Center proved once again that Hubbard Stadium is the toughest football venue in the state as they defeated Ellsworth 52-15 Tuesday night in the first round of the 3A state football playoffs. The Bearcats played four quarters of football, but the execution of the Redmen’s offensive line and wishbone formation proved to be too much for the ‘Cats, who ended the season with a 6-4 record. Read More
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Special Thursday edition of gridiron tales

Special Thursday edition of gridiron tales

HOISINGTON --The Ellsworth Bearcats defeated the Cardinals by a score of 34-18 in a district football game played on the artificial turf of Hoisington, taking the runner-up slot in District 13 west and earning a post-season playoff game. The ‘Cats will meet mighty Smith Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Smith Center. Read More
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Friday night tales of the gridiron

Friday night tales of the gridiron

ELLSWORTH — The touchdown canon at Shanelec Field boomed repeatedly  Friday night as the Bearcat football team vanquished the Lions of Lyons by a score of 37-7 in a 3A District football game. The Bearcat defense made two goal-line stands in the win, one at the six-inch yard-line. Read More
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Friday night tales of the gridiron

Friday night tales of the gridiron

CLAFLIN --- The Central Plains Oilers ran the football and the Leopards of Lincoln passed the football in a 2A district  football game Friday night with the Oilers coming out on top 62-60. A blocked punt by Benn Kirmer turned the momentum of the game to Central Plains as at one time the Oilers were down 24-6. Read More
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Three wins for county football teams Friday night

Three wins for county football teams Friday night

WILSON — It was a battle, but the Wilson Dragons won their last home game of the season Friday night against St. John Tipton/Beloit 36-26. Evan Just did a good job on the defensive side of the ball for the Dragons. Read More
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Reeves, Rankin win medals at Ellsworth Invitational

Reeves, Rankin win medals at Ellsworth Invitational

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Ellsworth County Homecoming football scores

Ellsworth County Homecoming football scores

CLAFLIN — Benn Kirmer of the Central Plains Oilers took the opening kickoff and made a 73-yard touchdown as a precursor of the 66-16 Homecoming win over the Canton-Galva Eagles Friday night in Claflin. The Oilers had ammased 16 points in the first 1:06 minutes of the game. The game was called at end of the second quarter. Read More
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Friday night sports roundup

Friday night sports roundup

CLAFLIN — The Oilers seemed to score every time they touched the pigskin on a perfect fall night in Claflin as they dismembered the Goessel Bluebirds 56-6 in two quarters of play. Benn Kirmer carried the ball four times — scoring on three of the carries — returned a kickoff and ‘intercepted’ a fumble for five touchdowns in the game. Nick Schepmann scored three touchdowns in the win. Read More
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Friday night sports roundup

Friday night sports roundup

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Friday night sports roundup

Friday night sports roundup

GYPSUM — The Bearcats lost to the up-and-coming Trojans of Southeast of Saline 46-14 at the Trojan homecoming. Ben Murrell had a good kicking game and did a nice job carrying the ball for the ‘Cats. Read More
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Friday night’s tales of the gridiron

Friday night’s tales of the gridiron

ELLSWORTH — The Bearcats destroyed the Broncos in the second half of tonight’s football game at Shanelec field, winning by a score of 41-12. Jacob Froese had an 85 yard touchdown run in the game. Read More
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Tales from the gridiron

Tales from the gridiron

WILSON—Former eighth grade Wilson Dragon/QH T-bird quarterback Cody Savage piloted the Red Raiders of Central-Burden to a 76-14 shellacking of the Dragons at Wilson in a game that ended after two quarters. Wilson was the first team to score on the Red Raiders this season. Read More
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Friday night’s tales of the gridiron

LITTLE RIVER—The Central Plains Oilers, led by the running of Benn Kirmer rolled to a 42-26 victory over the Redskins of Little River on the road in Little River. Read More
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Lady 'Cats win tournament

Lady 'Cats win tournament

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Friday nightFootball scores and volleyball roundup

Friday nightFootball scores and volleyball roundup

CHASE -- The Wilson Dragons lost a marathon 8-man Division II scorefest 103-68 to the Kats in a game that had little, if any, defense by either team. Read More
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Tales from the gridiron

ELLSWORTH — The Beloit Trojans overwhelmed the Bearcats 46-14 at Shanelec Field tonight. The Ellsworth offense never got rolling, although Chyler Hudson and Jacob Froese each had some nice runs. The ‘Cats are now 1-1 for the season. Read More
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Tales from the gridiron

ELLSWORTH — The Beloit Trojans overwhelmed the Bearcats 46-14 at Shanelec Field tonight. The Ellsworth offense never got rolling, although Chyler Hudson and Jacob Froese each had some nice runs. The ‘Cats are now 1-1 for the season. Read More
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Tales from the gridiron

Tales from the gridiron

    ELLSWORTH — The Beloit Trojans overwhelmed the Bearcats 46-14 at Shanelec Field tonight. The Ellsworth offense never got rolling, although Chyler Hudson and Jacob Froese each had some nice runs. The ‘Cats are now 1-1 for the season. The Lady Bearcats host the annual Ellsworth Invitational Volleyball Tournament and are slated to play at 8 and 9 a.m. Saturday morning. CLAFLIN — The Cougars of Otis-Bison blocked, tackled and ran ... Read More
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