The faculty and staff of Tabor College, in cooperation with the Hillsboro Kiwanis, will be hosting the longest running invitational basketball tournament for Special Olympics team on Feb. 9. Almost 300 athletes and coaches representing 27 teams will be participating in this tournament. Games will be played on the Tabor campus in the main gym as well as the Student […]

Grace Major and Sarah Diener perform during the halftime show of the Hillsboro basketball game last week. Dancers of all ages from Hillsboro’s Studio 23 showed off the dance moves they have been working on over the semester. Dancers from Studio 23 help out on the show. Pictured are Kate Werner, Adalee Gawith, Tikvah Davies, and Penelope Waldron. Karrie Rathbone/Free […]

The 2018 Wheat State All League Volleyball Team athletes have been announced. Several Marion County residents made the elite list. The First Team list includes two seniors from Goessel, Savanna Wuest and Audessi Unruh. Canton Galva also had two ladies make the list, Tia Moddlemog, junior, and Kaysha Unruh, senior. Three students made it on the list for Honorable Mention. […]

Fifth and sixth grade boys flag football teams showed off some plays during half time of the Hillsboro football game on Friday, Oct. 19. Seth Driggers, center, gets ready to catch the ball. He almost scored a touchdown before Makai Baugh, far left, pulled his flag.

Erin Brubaker of Goessel is a current student and Varsity volleyball player at Eastern Mennonite University, located in Harrisonburg, Va. On Thursday, Oct. 18, she set a season high with 11 kills in a 3-0 non-conference sweep of Mary Baldwin University. Brubaker had 11 kills with no errors on 18 attacks for a .611 kill percentage.

On Saturday, Sept. 22, the Centre FFA Chapter hosted the James Weber Memorial Fishing Derby at Fr. Padilla Park in Herington. 9 fishermen participated in the derby which ran from 9:30 -11:30am. A total of 42 fish were caught and the biggest one was 25 inches long. In the 6-9 year old age group, Aleyna Veit caught 9 fish, which […]

The American Royal Invitational Youth Rodeo kicks off Tuesday, Sept. 25, and continues through Friday, Sept. 28, in Hale Arena at the American Royal Complex. Lane McMannis has qualified to compete in junior breakaway roping, and Katy Prieb has qualified to compete in junior barrel racing and junior goat tying. During this four-day event, McMannis and Prieb will participate against […]

Charlotte Silhan, 6, took second place on Sunday at the Pedal pull at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. She will compete in Nationals in Mitchell, South Dakota on Saturday, Sept. 22. Charlotte failed to qualify for Nationals last year and has been training in order to go this year. “Charlotte was so disappointed last year she didn’t make it […]

Matt Spooner emerges from the cold water. He finished first in the swim and third overall. This was his first outdoor triathlon. Laura Paulus / Free Press The third annual Ready, Set, Tri triathlon was held on Saturday, Sept 8 at the Marion County Lake. The triathlon is hosted by Can Be Healthy Marion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making […]

The tournament is held in honor of Darla Gore to raise scholarships for Marion students. Caleb Williams, Cheyenne Jeffrey and Corey Seacat, all members of Lucy’s Sons of Pitches, sit in the dugout for a few minutes in between innings. Jeffrey said, “I didn’t personally know Darla, but I enjoy playing in tournaments that have a reason behind them. I […]