LINDSBORG – When you host an 11-team track/ field meet, it is okay to do well and that was the story for the Smoky Valley track/field teams on Thursday as they scored a team win for the girls while the boys finished fourth at the Smoky Valley Track/Field Invitational.
LINDSBORG – Hosting a doubleheader on Thursday the Smoky Valley softball team suffered through a rough couple of outings as Halstead came in and beat the Lady Vikings 11-6 and 15-3 while hammering out 30 hits.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier homered to break a tie in the sixth, and lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
MOUNDRIDGE – In a pair of very decisive wins, the Moundridge softball team dominated Hutchinson Trinity Catholic at home on Thursday, winning game one 15-4 before gaining a 14-4 victory in the nightcap.
(Our series of “Profiles of McPherson County Business Leaders” highlights Kris Burge) MCPHERSON – Since the age of his middle years of high school, Kris Burge has been intrigued with the ‘good spirit’ atmosphere he found when getting his hair cut at a barbershop in Lyons. Burge is the owner/operator of KB’s Barbershop along West Kansas Avenue in McPherson.
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MCPHERSON – Much like an itch that cannot be scratched, the Kansas wind refuses to leave McPherson athletics alone. Its latest victim is the McPherson Bulldogs baseball team, who dropped a 13-6 game to Tabor in not-so-great conditions on Tuesday afternoon.
BURRTON – It was big day Tuesday for both the Inman boys and girls track/field teams as they both recorded big dominating wins at the six-team Burrton Invitational. With the Lady Teutons rolling up 132 team points, they easily outdistanced second-place Sterling by 20 points while Hutchinson Central Christian finished a distant third with 93.
MOUNDRIDGE – With winds causing issues on Tuesday, the Canton/Galva track/field teams still managed to find some successes at the six-team Moundridge track meet with the Eagles earning a pair of gold medals among nine total medal wins.
REMINGTON – Once again the Little River boys and girls track/field teams came up short of a team championship as they both placed second in the team standings on Tuesday at the six-team Remington Invitational.