Sports

BELOIT — A recent graduate of Central Plains High School will suit up for the 37th Annual Kansas 8 Man All Star Games which will be played in Beloit on Saturday, June 11.Cole Lamatsch, Central Plains, has been selected for the Division II West Squad.The Division I game will be held at 10 a.m.

WICHITA — Track and Field team members from both Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School and Central Plains Junior-Senior High School did well May 27 and 28 during the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s state track and field meet in Wichita.

PHILLIPSBURG — Ellsworth High School Track and Field Team member Kylan Turnipseed broke her own school record in the javelin May 19 during the Regional Track and Field Meet at Phillipsburg to qualify for State.Turnipseed threw the javelin 131,’ 6” to set a new EHS record and take third at Regionals.

The Ellsworth High School Varsity Golf Team’s Rowdy Dunn was once again a standout May 10, during the NCAA Leagu Tournament hosted by Ellsworth.Dunn shot an 88 to take eighth place in what EHS Golf Team Coach Kevin Haxton described as a “very difficult” tournament.

Above, Central Plains High School Oilers Track and Field Team members Hunter Klima and Kerrick Benavidez run the high hurdles together May 12 during a meet at Ellinwood. Klima took sixth in the 100 meter high hurdles with a time of 20.79. Below, Oiler Dawson McNeal participates in the high jump.

KANOPOLIS — Ellsworth’s Kaden Davis, who accepted an offer to play for the Denver Broncos on April 30, visited Kanopolis Middle School on May 5. He spent more than an hour talking to fifth and sixth grade students.“It was all the kids were talking about,” principal Kristy Rodriguez said.

The Ellsworth High School Bearcats Baseball Team has a title to add to their accomplishments this season — league cochampions with Southeast of Saline.“It is a very special group of young men,” said Bearcat baseball Coach Jason McWilliams. “We have had obstacles and we overcame most.

Ellsworth High School graduate Kaden Davis spent this past week’s three days of the National Football League draft hoping for a chance to fulfill his childhood dream.Nothing.Then came Saturday night and the free agent phase of football’s annual ritual.

LINCOLN — The Ellsworth High School Bearcats Varsity Baseball Team won a pair on the road April 26 against the combined team of Lincoln/Sylvan/ Lucas.In the first game, Ellsworth won 18-1, thanks to four hits from Dayton Davis.

Wilson’s Briceson Pacek slides in safe at home plate on April 25 against Hoisington. The Wilson Dragons Baseball Team lost the home doubleheader, 6-20 and 10-22. LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County I-R