Sports

The Bearcat volleyball team started their season with a sweep over Republic County Aug. 29.In the first match of the night, the team dominated from the start. They won in two sets, 25-13 and 25-21.

Temperatures that top triple-digits for nearly a week resulted in adjustments for Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School athletic teams.“It is common in August and September for coaches to have to make adjustments to practice times and schedules due to the heat,” Athletic Director Ron Davis Jr. said.

The adult summer softball league was cut a little short this year — for good reason. The outfields at the Ellsworth Sports Complex received irrigation systems.“It makes things safer as far as the playing area,” Ellsworth Recreation Director Ron Tenbrink said.

Brent Venables handles interviews like he coaches — at full speed.The former Salina South High School standout and current second-year head coach at the University of Oklahoma molds passion, intensity and motivation into an electric ball of energy that seems to have no off switch.

By allie thomassonEllsworth County I-ROver the winter, the Ellsworth baseball and softball fields received an overhaul, thanks to the dedication of community members.“We switched out the old tagline dirt to redshell,” Ellsworth Recreation Director Ronnie Tenbrink said.

For decades, Steve and Shirley McGee have been competing in high-powered rifle marksmanship all over the world, and while they are on a team together, the couple also competes against each other for overall scores.

The Ellsworth Jr./ Sr. High School trap team competed at the Kansas Trap Shooting Association’s annual state trap shooting tournament in Sedgwick June 16-18.Ellsworth placed second overall in the novice division and was only two targets away from first.