LINDSBORG – Nearly matching their winning score from week two, the Smoky Valley football team scored win number two in a row at home on Friday when they buried Larned 46-12. The win raises the Vikings season mark to 2-1 for the season as they now prepare for a huge test this Friday when they make a road trip to unbeaten and Class 3A top ranked Andale.
Grant Stephens before Braxton Lafferty broke loose for his second long scoring run of the game, this time from 34 yards to put Little River up 38-14 heading into the final 12 minutes of play. Rylan Konen capped off the Redskin scoring with a one-yard run in the fourth quarter to give the home crowd the satisfying 32-point, 46-14 victory.
Swimming season may not be happening until the next calendar year for the McPherson High School girls swimming team, but bubbles are already stirring in the water as the high school announced Angela Brunk as the new head coach of the program.
LIITLE RIVER – Little River, currently ranked number two in 8-Man Division I football, needed a strong second half on Friday to gain a home field 46-14 win over Ell-Saline. The Redskins put the first points on the board in the first quarter when Braxton Lafferty found a lane and dashed 41 yards to the end zone and with Braden Young’s twopoint conversion, Little River was up 8-0 early.
REMINGTON – Using four plays of greater than 40 yards to score touchdowns, the Inman football team scored a decisive 40-point, 54-14 victory on the road Friday at Remington. Ranked number on in Class 1A, the Teutons will take a perfect 3-0 season mark on another road trip next Friday to Pretty Prairie.
Emma Jean Eck John Vicencio, Jr. Emma Jean Eck, 87, of Andale, KS, and formerly of London, Ontario, Canada, and McPherson, KS, passed away Thursday, Sept.
The first responders in the city of McPherson had a night full of support from the community for their third annual event at Lakeside Park on Sept. 15. Provided to the public were food, drinks, activities, and a charity raffle. Tables were set up throughout the park with information about different rescue/health businesses in the area.
MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas – The start and the finish was not what the Moundridge High School football team had in mind Friday night, but the Wildcats provided plenty of fireworks in between during a 26-18 loss to Wichita Independent.
ELYRIA – The Elyria Christian volleyball team has made the top-ten of the Kansas Volleyball Associations (KVA) latest poll for Class 1A Division II schools as the Lady Eagles were ranked number eight with their 8-3 mark for the season.
ROSE HILL, Kansas – The twists and turns of a roller coaster ride may be fun to some, but to McPherson High School volleyball coach Christy Doile, it is something that she prefers to keep away from the volleyball court as McPherson split a triangular Tuesday evening at Rose Hill.