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Lady Hornets Suffer Sweep on Senior Day
The Emporia State softball team suffered two one-run defeats to Washburn on Senior Day falling 5-4 in eight innings in game one and 7-6 in game two at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia on Saturday. ESU scored three runs in the second to answer a two-run first-inning Washburn homer to take the lead. The Lady Horne...
12h ago

Senior Night Gold for Weiss, Lady Spartans Place 5th
Emporia High swimming and diving celebrated Senior Night with a fifth place finish on Thursday. On top of recognition for the four seniors, Barb Clark was commended for her tenure as the diving coach. Senior Allie Weiss began the evening with gold in diving. Ellie Grimmett took fourth in the 200 IM Connelly Prouse add...
13h ago

Team Gold for EHS Track and Field at Coed Shawnee Heights Meet
Emporia High track and field swept the team titles Friday at the Shawnee Heights Invitational, as both the boys and girls squads finished first overall. For the boys, Xaden Delgado led the way with wins in the 1600 and 3200. Ben Collins swept both hurdle events, with Jerad Clifton finishing second in each. The 4x100 re...
13h ago

Hornets Sweep on Senior Day
The Emporia State baseball team picked up the sweep on Senior Day with a 2-1 victory over Northeastern State. Neither team scored until the eighth inning with the RiverHawks scoring first, but Noah Steele tied the game on his final day at the TSC before a bunt single by Brady Unrein put ESU in front for good. Jake Kh...
15h ago

Day One Complete at MIAA Track & Field Championships
Day one is complete at the 2025 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Pittsburg State. Luke Grace leads in the decathlon after winning the long jump and finishing second in the 100m dash, shot put, and high jump. Luke Hampl is in fifth. Lou Dumas leads the heptathlon after winning the first event of the da...
May 02, 2026

EHS Baseball Celebrates Seniors with Sweep of Iola
Senior Night Sweep for Emporia High baseball over Iola on Friday. The Spartans walked off in nine innings 5-4 in game one. EHS spotted the Mustangs a three run advantage. Emporia started the comeback in the fifth scoring two. Oliver Kline singled in a run and Micah Gray grounded out to bring in another. Emporia tied it...
May 02, 2026

EHS Softball Splits with Iola
Emporia High softball ended a four game losing skid with a split Friday in Iola. The Lady Spartans scored in every inning for the 14-2 victory in game one. Delaney Davis got Emporia on the board with a two-run in the first. Molly Williams plated the third run of the game with s double in the second. The Lady Spartans b...
May 02, 2026

Hornets Take Series 10-1 in Game Two Win over NSU
The Emporia State baseball team took the series over Northeastern State 10-1 on Friday. NSU got on the board first in the second inning, but the Hornets rolled late scoring nine runs in the fifth inning and later. Four runs scored in the fourth with three coming on an Evan Abbott home run. Frankie Santiago launched ...
May 01, 2026

Hornets Open Final Series of Regular Season with Win
The Emporia State baseball team opened their final series of the regular season by run-ruling the Northeastern State RiverHawks 12-2 in eight innings. The Hornets took a 7-0 lead through three with a five-run third inning. Brady Unrein plated four of the runs with ESU's first hit of the day, a grand slam to left fiel...
May 01, 2026

4/30 Area Baseball and Softball Scores
Baseball: Mission Valley 11 Osage City 2 Mission Valley 12 Osage City 1 SLC 16 MdCV 1 SLC 14 MdCV 4 Chase County 1 West Franklin 0 West Franklin 9 Chase County 4 Wolfdogs 16 NH 1 Wolfdogs 9 NH 0 Softball: West Franklin 12 Chase County 2 West Franklin 6 Chase County 1 Mission Valley 10 Osage City 2 Osage City 2 Mission ...
May 01, 2026

EHS Soccer Falls in OT to Wichita East
Emporia High soccer team battled through a tight matchup Thursday but came up just short in a 3-2 overtime loss at Wichita East. The Lady Spartans struck early, taking the lead just three minutes into the match. Emersyn Johnson converted a penalty kick in the box to give Emporia a 1-0 advantage. Wichita East answered l...
Apr 30, 2026

Top 20 Finishes for Erkel and Harter in Hesston
Chesney Erkel and Marley Harter both finished top 20 to lead Emporia High golf to 12th Thursday in Hesston. Erkel finished tied for 14th with a +5 to lead the Spartans. Harter was right on his toes with a +6 which was tied for 17th. Emporia was two strokes back from a top ten showing. The Black and Red shot a team 328....
Apr 30, 2026

Council Grove Continues Dominant Run, Holds Top Spot in Regional 3
Council Grove baseball continues to roll through the spring schedule, and the Braves are starting to look like a serious contender for a deep postseason run. With their eyes set on a first state tournament appearance since 2015, momentum continues to build. Head coach Matt Wilkens points to the work put in long before ...
Apr 30, 2026

Lady Hornets Pick Up Key In-Region Sweep over Jennies
In a matchup of two teams ranked in the top ten of the Central Region softball rankings, Emporia State picked up a key sweep with wins of 3-2 and 9-6 at Central Missouri in a pair of makeup games yesterday. Trailing 2-0 in the fourth, the Lady Hornets scored three-straight runs thanks to a two-out triple by Addison Ca...
Apr 30, 2026

Ferreira and Paul Piquer Named First Team MIAA Doubles
Emporia State's #1 women's doubles team of Giovanna Ferreira and Carla Paul Piquer have been named First Team All-MIAA for 2026. The duo went 6-3 in MIAA matches including ending the season on a four-match winning streak. Ferreira also picked up an honorable mention nod in singles going 4-5 at #1 singles. The Lady H...
Apr 29, 2026


















