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Led by senior Camryn Eberhart with 19 points, the Wilson High School Dragons Boys Basketball Team came out on top Jan. 15 in a home game against Tescott, 38-20. Also scoring in double digits for the Dragons was senior Garrett Thielen with 11 points.

Five Bearcat wrestlers placed in their weight brackets in Saturday’s 48th Ellsworth Wrestling Tournament, “Our athletes wrestled at a very competitive home tournament and came out placing pretty well; facing tough Competition coming from teams of Hoisington and Hill City,” Coach Steve Thorburn...

Seniors Camryn Eberhart and Garrett Thielen combined for 30 points in a win at home Friday night over Southern Cloud. Eberhart scored 17 points; Thielen contributed 13. They were the only Dragons in double digits. “We executed on the defense end very well.

The Ellsworth High School winter cheerleaders are back row, Cady Hansen, Becca Vague, Emma Alan, Brooke Farmer, Emma Salyers and Katie Brown. Back row, Maggie Windholz, Jaycee Cunningham, Lydia Mai, Zoe Wimmer, Shylo Travnichek and Akira Stroede. Not pictured is Grace Chegwidden.

The Lady Dragons return three starters from the 2019-20 team. The experience has paid off. So far this season, Wilson’s victories have included Natoma, which ended in a score of 32-25.

Only a few weeks into the season and the Central Plains Lady Oilers already have been on a roller coaster ride.

It had to happen sooner or later. The state’s longest winning streak in Kansas high school girls’ basketball came to an end this past week as Central Plains fell to Phillipsburg in a close 49-44 game. The action came Friday at the Amos Morris Classic at Russell.

Two Ellsworth wrestlers captured first place in their weight brackets to lead the wrestling team to a fifth-place finish Saturday at the Jeff Giles Memorial Tournament hosted by Minneapolis High School. The wrestlers — Teagon Nienke in the 106 lbs. weight bracket and Tyler Romero in the 195 lbs.

The Ellsworth boys kicked off this tournament week Monday afternoon with a win against Plainville, 57-52. The boys’ and girls’ teams are in Russell for the annual Amos Morris Basketball Classic. The Bearcats next action in the tournament will be today (Thursday) against the Russell Broncos.

CLAFLIN — The Central Plains High School Oilers Boys and Girls Basketball teams split a pair with the Hoisington Cardinals during games played Dec. 4 in Claflin.