May 2024

Lady Pups’ bats fall cold in regional final loss

A run at avenging last year’s state runner-up finish will have to wait another season for the McPherson High School softball team, as the Lady Pups fell 8-5 to Andale in the regional championship game on Tuesday, May 14 at Grant Sports Complex.One year removed from finishing in second place at the class 4A state softball tournament after losing 1-0 to Wamego, McPherson put itself in prime position to return to the state tournament and perhaps the title game by earning the No.

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Rural Kansas needs health care providers. K-State’s first PA cohort is stepping up

They all came for different reasons and from different sources of inspiration, but the end goal was the same — to help people with broken noses, bacterial infections and any other number of medical maladies.As the inaugural cohort of Kansas State University’s physician assistant studies program finishes 27 months of intensive classroom and clinical training, its students are excited to make a difference in treating acute and chronic illnesses and injuries, especially in areas that face health care shortages.“Our first cohort set the standard for the program,” said Gwen Ferdinand-Jacob, director of the program and a physician assistant herself.

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Lady Pups back in quarterfinals after Buhler revenge

Clocking into work, eating meals and going to bed are all things that people perceive as common routine in life, but the McPherson girls soccer team winning regional championships can be added to that list as the Lady Pups defeated rival Buhler 2-0 in the regional final last Thursday to claim their eighth straight regional title.Talent, depth and grit are things that McPherson seems to never lack heading into each soccer season, but putting those three things together at the same time proves to be the issue at times – until May that is.After going 10-5-1 in the regular season and clenching a spot to host regionals in their final game of the regular season, No.

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