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Edwards Transfers to Kansas State
Kansas State has brought a Kansas kid back home. The Wildcat football team announced yesterday the signing of running back Dylan Edwards who joins the 'Cats after playing one season at Colorado. Edwards played in 12 games for the Buffaloes last year with six starts and rushed for 321 yards and one touchdown while cat...
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Emporia High's Hudson Sauder wins Centennial League championship; Spartans take 2nd as a team
Emporia High junior Hudson Sauder won the Centennial League Championship at Firekeeper Golf Course on Monday. Sauder shot an even-par 72 to win the tournament by three strokes over Manhattan's Tate Reid. Will Walker finished third with a 78. Nolan Jacob finished 16th with an 87. Marley Harter finished 22nd with a 91. J...
16h ago
Emporia High's Stewart, Simons place seventh at league
Emporia High seniors Sheldon Stewart and Jacob Simons finished seventh in doubles at the Centennial League Championship held Monday in Junction City. The Spartans will return on Friday when they host a Class 5A regional. The top 6 finishers at regionals will qualify for state.
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Emporia High baseball swept at Hayden
The Emporia High baseball team was swept by Hayden on Monday afternoon in Topeka. Hayden won the opener, 5-3, with a 3-run sixth being the difference. The Wildcats took the finale, 14-4, in five innings. In game one, Hayden jumped out to a 2-0 lead through one before Emporia High got one in the second on an RBI single ...
18h ago
Kelce Signs New Deal with Chiefs; Highest Paid Tight End in NFL
Tight end Travis Kelce has signed a contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs that will make him the highest-paid tight end in the league. The deal is worth $34.25 million and will be fully guaranteed in 2024 worth $17 million. Kelce played in all but one game last year for Kansas City and had his NFL position r...
19h ago
ESU Women's Tennis Ends Year with Loss to Western
The Emporia State women's tennis team fell 6-1 against Missouri Western on Monday at the Kossover Family Tennis Center. The Lady Hornets got the win at #3 doubles with Sheridan Wichman and Perla Conde but the Griffons won the other two matches to take the doubles point. Western then won five of six singles matches to...
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Lady Hornets Outlast #24 Washburn Softball in Eighth
The Emporia State softball team waited 48 hours to finish a Senior Day sweep over #24 Washburn by completing a 5-4 victory on Monday afternoon at the Trusler Sports Complex. The game was started on Saturday and was halted in the bottom of the sixth due to lightning. ESU scored first on an RBI hit by senior Alexis Dia...
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Newman Arms End Hornet Baseball Season
The Emporia State baseball team was outhit for the third time in the series and couldn't overcome it in an 8-3 loss to Newman on Monday afternoon at the Trusler Sports Complex. Emporia State entered the day needing a win to make the MIAA Tournament as the No. 7 seed while a loss would end the season for the Hornets. ...
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Hall Highlights ESU Track in Lawrence Saturday
Xavier Hall won the men's 110m hurdles on Saturday at the Rock Chalk Classic in Lawrence. Hall finished in first by .01 seconds with a 13.98 just beating out a freshman from Oklahoma for the win. Senior Ashley Wildeman logged a pair of top ten finishes in the 100m and 200m dash. Clarice Nichols was sixth in the wome...
Apr 28, 2024
Lady Hornets Take Game One of Tussle; Game Two Suspended
The Emporia State softball team used a five-run fifth inning to on the way to a 6-2 victory over #24 Washburn on Senior Day Saturday at the Trusler Sports Complex. ESU jumped out early after a Washburn error allowed an ESU runner to score for a 1-0 lead, but E-State gave the run right back with two errors of their own...
Apr 27, 2024
Hornet Baseball Keeps Postseason Hopes Alive
The Jets outhit the Hornets 17-9 in game one but lost 14-12 to ESU. NU scored first to take a 3-1 lead after one, but the Hornets outscored Newman 12-2 over the next three innings. Drew Jennings had his first career home run in the third before a Mason Sturdy three-run homer in the fourth, followed by Jennings' secon...
Apr 27, 2024
Emporia High's Harrington delivers walk-off as Spartans split with Iola
Emporia High sophomore Chase Harrington delivered when it mattered the most on Friday night against Iola at Soden's Grove. After the Spartans dropped the first game 9-8, Harrington delivered with a walk-off double in the eighth inning of the finale for a 5-4 victory. Harrington finished 2-for-4 in the game and 3-for-8 ...
Apr 27, 2024
Emporia High softball splits with Iola
The Emporia High softball team split its doubleheader with Iola on Friday. Emporia High won the first game, 7-6, while Iola bounced back with a 5-4 victory in the finale, a game that ended after five innings due to no lights in Iola. Iola took an early 1-0 through 2 1/2 innings before a lengthy delay due to weather. Em...
Apr 27, 2024
Emporia High girls soccer shuts out Wichita West
It was quick work for the Emporia High girls soccer team at Wichita West on Thursday afternoon. Seven different Lady Spartans scored in a 10-0 victory. Emersyn Johnson, Emeil Bennett and Colee Butler each scored two goals. Katie Smart, Addy Marshall, Sidney Linares and Arielle Macias. Emporia High is now 8-3-1 on the s...
Apr 25, 2024
Emporia High's Weiss, Monroe finish 1-2 in EHS Invitational; Lady Spartans finish fourth
Emporia High sophomore Allisyn Weiss and junior Brooke Monroe finished 1-2 in the diving portion of the EHS Invitational on Thursday afternoon. Weiss and Monroe recorded personal best scores in the six-dive meet to lead the way for Emporia High to a fourth place finish as a team. . Weiss won her seventh meet of the sea...
Apr 25, 2024