The Lady Hornet softball team split their non-conference road trip at Drury on Wednesday. Emporia State opened the day with a 5-4 loss to the Panthers in Springfield, Mo. The Lady Hornets opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second by Addison Callaway but the Panthers scored 5-straight over the next two inning...

The Emporia High School track and field team is preparing for another season with a strong group of returning athletes and several state qualifiers back in the lineup. Among the leaders is senior Harley Smith, a multi-time state qualifier who has already signed with Emporia State University to continue her track career...

The Emporia State tennis teams started spring break with duals in Florida on Tuesday. The men dominated in a 7-0 sweep of Vassar College. The Hornets didn't drop a set on the day and only one set was as close as two games. Mostafa Elbasnaly dominated at #1 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win while Diego Calvo dropped just t...

Year 11 for Anthony Markowitz at the helm of the Emporia High baseball program is underway, and the Spartans are hoping to build on one of the program's best recent seasons. The Black and Red continue to prepare for the 2026 campaign after setting a recent program mark with 15 wins a year ago. The Spartans will have so...

The Emporia State baseball team split two games over the weekend and took the series 2-1 over Central Oklahoma as head coach John Martin made his first return to Edmond, Okla. to face his former team. The Hornets got back into the win column for a series on Saturday with a 12-3 win. UCO took an early 2-0 lead in the s...

The Emporia State track & field teams wrapped up the indoor portion of their season at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Virginia Beach, Va. on Saturday. Two Hornets and two Lady Hornets finished with Second Team All-American honors. Isabella Davie had the second best score in program...

On Sunday, the Flint Hills League All League teams were released for boys and girls basketball. Local athletes receiving recognition: Girls: 1st team: Emory Speece Osage City, Allie Kneisler Lyndon and Kaelyn Boss Osage City. 2nd team: Jayla Jenkins Osage City, Ava Wilson Chase County and Jardyn Segrist of Lyndon. Boys...

Emporia's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy earned a perfect record in Kansas City this past weekend. The team took three competitors to the New Breeds Jiu-Jitsu tournament in KC Saturday, with all three earning gold medals. Trenton Carroll, who last month had a successful Amateur MMA debut for Shamrock FC, took the top posi...

Osage City fell in the 3A state title game to Silver Lake Saturday 60-44 at Hutchinson Sports Arena. The Lady Indians made their first ever appearance in the championship game and never led in the contest. They were outscored 11-8 after one. Silver Lake used a 13-0 run in the second to grow their advantage to 26-14 a...

The Emporia State women's tennis team picked up a 4-3 win over Ouachita Baptist at the Kossover Family Tennis Center in Emporia on Saturday. ESU picked up the doubles point with a sweep of all three matches. The Tigers won at #6 and #2 singles to take the lead in the duel, but Sheridan Wichman pulled E-State level wi...

The Emporia State softball team split their Saturday doubleheader with Northeastern State at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. NSU scored the final four runs of the game on the way to a 6-2 win in game one of the twinbill. The teams traded unearned runs on errors in the first two innings then each scored on extr...

The Emporia State softball team opened MIAA play with a sweep of #18 Rogers State at the Trusler Sports Complex on Friday. The Lady Hornets opened the day with a 3-1 win in eight innings. Both pitching staffs dominated and RSU broke the tie in the eighth, but Avery Brewer lashed a three-run homer to left field to win...

The Emporia State baseball team scored the last four runs of the game on the way to a 9-6 victory over Central Oklahoma on Friday to open a three-game series at Wendell Simmons Field in Edmond, Okla. The Hornets peppered the 'Chos for three runs in the third before a Nathon Cruz homer made it 4-0 through three and a h...

Osage City knocked off the defending 3A Champion and previously unbeaten, Halstead, 44-39 in overtime at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in the semifinals on Friday. Halstead took the early lead 8-5 after one. The Dragons closed the second quarter with five straight points to enter intermission, 18-13. Osage City trailed ...

The Lyon County League named their All-League teams on Friday. FIRST TEAM Name School Year Emily Criqui MdCV SO. Lauryn Finnerty Hartford SO. Harper Seele Burlingame JR. *Lilly Skalsky Olpe SR. Akyra Traver MdCV SR. SECOND TEAM Ellie Grimmett Lebo JR. Allison Konrade Lebo SR. Caylin Luthi Madison SR. Kayla Steinke Olpe...