Emporia boys wrestling won the Junction City tournament with a 4-1 record in the duals on Saturday in Junction City. The Spartans dominated pool play with victories over Wichita West 70-12, Hutchinson 42-40, and Shawnee Heights 53-25. The lone dual defeat was to Topeka-Washburn Rural 45-33. EHS also knocked off Hayes...

The Emporia State basketball teams split with Missouri Western at White Auditorium in Emporia on Saturday. In the women's game, ESU used a big second-quarter surge to build a lead and held off the Griffons late in a 69-59 victory. ESU trailed through much of the first, but ESU found their offense late and rode the mom...

Emporia girls wrestling dominated Saturday in their home tourney. The Lady Spartans scored 187.5 team points followed by Council Grove in second with 114. The black and red won seven of the 14 weight classes. Chloe Steele (100) went 2-0 in her matches and she did something for the first time in her career. The Lady ...

Three players in double figures paced the way for Osage City on the girls slate to give the Indians a 51-21 victory on Friday. Emory Speece led all scorers with 19 points along with Kaelynn Boss and Jewelia Kistelmann each adding 10 points. Ava Wilson led Chase County with six points. Osage City improved to 1-0 while C...

The Lady Spartans exploded for 26 first quarter points as they coasted to a 60-9 win over Lansing Friday in Emporia. EHS opened on a 12-2 run as they never trailed. A 14-1 run ended the first quarter as the Lady Spartans took a 26-3 advantage. The Emporia defense forced 20 first half turnovers on their way to a 42-5 ...

Kansas State moved quickly as promised by athletic director Gene Taylor announcing former KSU quarterback Collin Klein as the next head coach for the Wildcats. Klein was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy and led K-State to a 21-5 record including the 2012 Big 12 Championship. He's been the offensive coordinator at Te...

The Emporia State basketball teams were swept by Northwest Missouri in their MIAA openers at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo. on Thursday. In the women's game, the Lady Hornets battled back from a 19-point third quarter deficit but fell 77-69 to the Bearcats in overtime. ESU trailed 19-16 after the first frame but went...

Emporia swimming and diving tied for second in Thursday's meet in Emporia. Derby won the meet with 507 points. Olathe South and Emporia each finished with 337. Chesney Erkel secured a bronze medal in the 500 Yard Freestyle (6:38.67) and Rylan Navarro was fourth (6:45.43). Collin Moody, Beckett Schultz, Brayden Shaw, ...

Emporia State junior linebacker Landon Boss has been named the 2025 D2CCA Super Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year. The Osage City native is 1st Team All-Super Region 4 after being named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year. He registered 100 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss with ten sacks in 2025 while accounting ...

Former Emporia State baseball coach Bob Fornelli has been selected to the 2026 class of the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame. The Lenexa native coached at three programs in the Sunflower State and has over 1,000 career wins. Fornelli played collegiately at Emporia State and joined the staff at Butler County Community Col...

The Emporia State track and field teams begin the indoor track and field season this weekend. The MIAA released their preseason rankings on Thursday and the Hornet men are slotted sixth while the Lady Hornets are tied for ninth. Pittsburg State was the unanimous choice to win the league in both polls with the Washbur...

The high school basketball girl/boy games against Lebo and Flinthills have been canceled for Friday.

Emporia High boys wrestling starts a new season on Saturday. Brook Medrano returns to lead a Spartan team that sent seven to the 5A State Tournament a year ago. Jackson Goodman (132), Garrett LeBlanc (165), and Jose Vargas (285) all return with experience competing at state. Coach Medrano has a full room of athletes r...

Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman announced his retirement from coaching on Tuesday. The 58 year old finishes a 32-year career in coaching with including the last seven years in Manhattan. Klieman said in a press conference that he was putting family first. That conflicts with widely available reports from th...

Emporia girls basketball scored the first six points of the game as they never trailed Tuesday in their win over Wichita North, 56-19, in Emporia. A sloppy first quarter saw the black and red come out on front 10-4. The Lady Spartans grew the advantage to 13 at the break, 24-11. Emporia won the third, 18-8 and surre...