Sports

Strathman and Bengtson selected for High Plains Shootout

Two elite underclassmen from the McPherson High School baseball team will be representing the Bullpups next week in Enid, Oklahoma, as McPherson’s Carter Bengtson and Cade Strathman were selected to compete for team Kansas Select in the High Plains Shootout. The High Plains Shootout is a high school all-star series held at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in downtown Enid, Oklahoma.

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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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