June 2025

McPherson County shines bright in KBCA all-star game

SALINA, Kansas – One last chapter of high school basketball was added for three McPherson County players last Saturday, as McPherson’s Gabe Pyle, Moundridge’s Bear Moddelmog and Elyria Christian’s Ty Romero all competed in the KBCA all-star game at Kansas Wesleyan University. On Saturday, June 21, the top senior girls and boys basketball players in the state of Kansas gathered inside of Kansas Wesleyan University’s Mabee Arena to compete in the annual KBCA all-star game.

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Area rodeo athletes drum up wins at CKYRA events

CANTON, Kansas – For the third time this season the Central Kansas Youth Rodeo Association held a weekend of events in Canton on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15 and 29 McPherson County rodeo athletes participated in 28 events and earned 14 first-place finishes among 30 top-five placings. Beginning with the 0-1 Division, Galva’s Brody Wilson, and Wacey Boswell along with Canton’s Hayden Hogg earned a total of 14 top-five finishes through the weekend with Wilson earning a top-five finish five times while both Boswell and Hogg had four top-five placings.

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