Hillsboro swim team 2nd at Marion

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 21 June 2011 14:28

Hillsboro’s Austin Calam comes off the blocks in the 15-to-18-year-old boys’ 50-yard backstroke. Calam also competed in the 50-yard freestyle and the 50-yard breaststroke. He took second for Hillsboro in the breaststroke with a time of 36.74. The Hillsboro swim team garnered eight first-place finishes in last Saturday’s meet at Marion, topping off a meet performance of 51 top-three finishes.

The Marion Blue team won the team title with 771 points. Hillsboro followed with 470, Herington with 219 and the Marion Red team with 23.

Following are the individual results for the Hillsboro swimmers. Marion results were not available by press time.

 

Marion swim meet

Saturday, June 18 (Hillsboro results)

100-yard freestyle

Girls 9-10: 1. Jenna Hinerman 1:28.74, 3. Katie Evans 1:43.72, 4. Millie Sechrist 1:44.41.

Boys 9-10: 2. Shephard Stang 1:31.05, 3. Joe Knoll 1:34.62.

Girls 11-12: 3. Kiersten Kalua 1:21.19, 5. Madison Sheppard 1:26.70, 7. Abby Sechrist 1:30.03.

Boys...

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Early girls’ basketball team caught Sports Illustrated’s attention

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 21 June 2011 14:26

As I mentioned in a previous column, we can trace high school girls’ basketball in Kansas back to the year 1908. Those early games used rules far different from the game we know today.

In those days, girls in the Sunflower State played a six-on-six game. Only the forwards were allowed to shoot and unlimited dribbling was not permitted. Certain players could only play on the offensive side of the court while their teammates played only in the defensive end. Across Kansas, these rules were sometimes modified even more, depending on the locality.

Even with the unique rules, a girls’ state basketball tournament was held from 1908 to 1921. After the 1921 season, the girls’ state tournaments were discontinued, but not because the girls...

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Hillsboro swim team strokes to second win of the season

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:28

The Hillsboro swim team won its second meet of the season Saturday at Hesston.

Hillsboro rolled up 560.5 points to outpace Hesston with 460 and Solomon with 395.5.

Follow­ing are the individual results for the Hillsboro swimmers.

 

Hesston swim meet

Saturday, June 11 (Hillsboro results)

100-yard freestyle

Girls 9-10: 4. Jenna Hinerman 1:37.60, 5. Millie Sechrist 1:46.98, 6. Katie Evans 1:52.09.

Boys 9-10: 3. Elias Kalua 1:55.72, 6. Tucker Moss 2:31.23.

Girls 11-12: 3. Madison Sheppard 1:34.38, 5. Abby Sechrist 1:39.07, 8. Callie Linnens 1:46.31.

Boys 11-12: 1. Braden Vogt 1:15:36, 2. Travis King 1:27:23, 4. Jaden Priest 1:31.70.

Girls 13-14: 4. Cassandra Stang 1:28.53, 5. Kianna Hinerman 1:30.15, 6. Kalen Moss...

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Girls’ state tourney debuted in 1908

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:25

Basketball fans across the state have certainly embraced the girls’ high school game and why not? Each year, the state produces some outstanding players and teams and those players and teams provide no shortage of exciting action.

Like the boys, the girls’ season culminates with the state basketball tournament. Although many may think the girls’ tournament is a rather new creation (post 1972), they gathered for state tournaments many years before that.

The first state basketball tournament in Kansas was held in Lawrence in 1908. Officially known as the University Invita­tional Tournament, it was hosted by the University of Kansas.

In 1908, invitations were sent to both boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. In the boys...

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