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The Hutchinson Central Catholic offense wasn’t hard to figure out for Grainfield-Wheatland Grinnell. He was just too hard to contain.
Nate Heneha scored 32 points to pace the Cougars to a 60-50 win…

Axtell entered the Class 1A Division II Boys State Basketball Tournament as the No. 8 seed with a 6-17 record. The Eagles faced top seed Caldwell, 21-2 on the season, in Thursday’s first round.
On …

The second game of the Class 1A Division II Boys State Basketball Tournament went to overtime.
Otis-Bison and Hartford finished regulation tied at 40-40 before Hartford won it in the extra frame, 4…

Wallace County poured it on in the fourth quarter to pull away from Ashland and earn a 51-34 win over the Bluejays.
The Wildcats, who advance to today’s semifinal against top-seeded Caldwell, broke…

As I sat on the back step this morning seeing the bright sunshine but feeling the brisk north wind, and wishing the weather would either drop into the freezer and stay there awhile or become spring a…

In any tournament the No. 4-No. 5 game is usually competitive. This was the case in Wednesday’s Class 1A Division II Girls State Basketball Tournament first round.
Fourth-seeded Otis-Bison built a …

A big second quarter gave Rexford-Golden Plains a double-digit lead which they never relinquished in earning a trip to the Class 1A Division II Girls State Tournament semifinals on Friday.
The Bull…

The Bulldogs picked the wrong time to revert to early-season form.
Waverly, the top seed in the Class 1A, Division II State Girls Basketball Tournament, upended Wetmore 49-44 after being in a tight…

At one point early in the first quarter the Fowler Goldbugs held a 9-8 lead.
It didn’t last.
Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell used an 11-0 run to jump out 19-9 and ended the first half up 35-18 befo…