Newsletter-Early-Week

Middle school Pups begin wrestling season

Wrestling season is officially underway in McPherson, but it’s on display at the McPherson Middle School as the Bullpups swept a pair of duals against Haysville and Haysville West on Monday, November 4.Against Haysville, McPherson won 49-42 and turned it around to go 2-0 by defeating Haysville West in dominating fashion 75-25 in their first action of the season.“I was very impressed at our first duals of the season today at Prairie Hills,” McPherson Middle School head boys wrestling coach Kaden Kretzer said.

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Lady Pups volleyball takes fourth at state

HUTCHINSON, Kansas – One year removed from finishing as state runners-up, the McPherson High School volleyball team regained its postseason form by advancing to day two of the class 4A state volleyball tournament before finishing in fourth place.McPherson’s runner-up finish to Bishop Miege at the 2023 class 4A state volleyball tournament appeared to pave the way for similar success heading into the 2024 season, but the Lady Pups stumbled out of the gates to a 2-6 record as consistency eluded them.Since the first of October, however, McPherson found its form that had led them to the state championship match a season ago by winning 14 of their final 18 matches to end the regular season.McPherson carried that momentum into postseason play where they defeated No.

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Spooky Season events kick off

Trick or Treat Main Street 2024 was a great start to the Halloween season, bringing the community together for some spooky fun.The annual event brought all sorts of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, Pokémon, puppies, princesses and more to downtown McPherson on Thursday night.

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