Sports

HOISINGTON — The Ellsworth and Central Plains High School boys’ golf teams opened their seasons Thursday, April 4, at the Hoisington Invitational Tournament. The Bearcats shot a 413 and finished in sixth place. WaKeeney-Trego won the team title with a 367.

Potential is the name of the game for this year’s Central Plains’ track teams. “We had a young girls’ team last season overall and return all of them, along with gaining some more freshmen,” said Dustin Robison, who is in his eighth season as Oiler head coach.

LYONS — The Central Plains Oilers boys’ and girls’ teams competed at the Lyons Invitational track meet Friday afternoon at Wheaton Field. Out of the 10 girls’ high school teams competing, Central Plains tied with Little River for sixth Lyons with 75 points. Central Plains earned 22 points.

RUSSELL — The Ellsworth High School track and field teams kicked off the 2019 season on the road during the Russell Invitational on Friday at Shaffer Field. Other high school teams competing in the meet were Russell, Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic, Plainville and Thomas More Prep-Marian.

Fort Hays State University had taken an innovative approach in helping students begin career exploration early in high school, providing organized campus visits long before their senior years.

Members of the 2019 Wilson Dragon Track Team are: Front row from left — Josh Cook, Zach Corpus, Brandalyn Thyfault, DeWayne Woodmansee and Blake Mermis; Back row From left — Weston Hughes, James Huck, Cooper Weinhold, Kaleigh Hanzlick, Ethan Dlabal, and Macy Hanzlick.

Seniors Grant Gwinner and Bransen Schulte, who both earned places on the 2018 All-League baseball team, lead this season’s Ellsworth team. In all, the Bearcats return nine varsity athletes, four of them starters, from this past year.

The Lady Bearcats softball team lost six seniors to graduation from 2018; however, eight seniors have stopped up this season to lead a team that already has wins against Beloit and Russell.

Bearcat Joey Oberle placed first in No. 1 singles April 2 at the Ellsworth High School Varsity Invitational Tennis Tournament. As a team, the ‘Cats placed second with 54 points behind Central Plains. In other results: The No. 2 doubles team of Adam Vehring and David Wesseler placed 2nd; the No.