May 2024

A state champion was born from the McPherson High School boys golf team on the back of two different kinds of birds on Tuesday, as McPherson’s Blaise Hoover became the third ever state golf champion for the Bullpups by finishing birdie-eagle to win the class 4A title by two strokes.Holding a three-shot lead over defending 4A champion Anderson Helmer from Circle with five holes to play, Hoover was in command as he entered the toughest hole on his home golf course at Turkey Creek – hole No.

WICHITA, Kansas – The end of the 2023-2024 high school sports calendar came to close in the same familiar location at the all-classes state track and field meet at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium, where McPherson’s boys and girls track and field teams took 14th and eighth place, respectively.After a successful regional appearance at Scott Community, McPherson qualified in 20 different events for state, sending a total of 28 Bullpup athletes to the country’s largest high school track and field meet.

WICHITA, Kansas – A team that was loaded with nine seniors finished its 2024 season in a game that is considered to be one of the toughest games to play in across all of sports, but the McPherson High School girls soccer team overcame the odds by taking third place at state in class 4A-1A by defeating Rose Hill 2-1 on Saturday, May 25.For an eighth straight season, McPherson qualified for state after defeating Buhler 2-0 in the regional championship and then advanced to the state semifinals by taking down Augusta 4-0 in the quarterfinals.Although a crack at the state championship game eluded the Lady Pups following a 3-1 loss to Cair Paravel in the semifinals, McPherson bounced back less than 24 hours later by overcoming a 1-0 deficit to take down the Rockets in a mentally and physically tough third-place game.“Perseverance is the word.

It was a grand two days for the six McPherson area smaller high schools as they scored three state team titles and earned five individual gold medals at the two-day Kansas State High School track/field meet in Wichita at Cessna Stadium on Friday and Saturday.Three of the Inman and Moundridge teams dominated the Class 2A team standings as the Lady Teutons won the girls title with 56 points and the Moundridge Wildcat boys won the boys title with 55 points.