Mallory Hein competing in the 50-yard backstroke in the age 13-14 division. Karrie Rathbone The Hillsboro swim team finished second in a four-team meet at Hesston on Saturday. The hometown Hesston Wahoos claimed first place with a combined team score of 614. Hillsboro scored 565 for second place, the Linds­borg WaveMakers placed third with 326 and Solomon finished four with […]

Cole Srajer collides with Sabetha catcher Brandon Brownlee, scoring on Luke Lanning’s sacrifice fly to make it 9-2 during the fifth inning of Friday’s 3A semifinal game. Janae Rempel Free Press file photo by Janae Rempel Marion senior Cole Srajer, sliding head first for a run against Sabetha, shows the hustle that made him a first-team pick for the KABC […]

Ainsley Duell took second place in the 50-yard breast stroke event for girls age 13 to 14. Hillsboro won its second straight meet Saturday in Abilene with 761 points. Abilene was second with 482 and Solomon placed third with 141. The Hillsboro swim team dominated the three-team swim meet hosted by Abilene Saturday. Hillsboro accumulated 761 points, the Abilene Wave […]

Eleven members of Marion’s Class 3A third-place state baseball team have received recognition from Heart of America league coaches. Six of the 13 first-team honorees represent Marion. Junior pitcher Chase Stringer led the team in wins, going 7-1 on the mound with an ERA of 2.85 over 46.2 innings pitched. He threw two shutouts and one no-nitter. He gave up […]

Five members of Hills­boro’s 12-10 baseball team received all-league recognition from Central Kansas League coaches. Brooks Gardner was selected to the first-team at third base. The junior batted .420 with 29 hits in 69 at-bats, including four home runs. He led the Trojans in RBIs with 36, and was the co-leader with Kaden Kleiner and Caleb Potucek in runs scored […]

by Janae Rempel The Free Press Seven members of Marion’s 14-7 softball team have received recognition from Heart of America coaches. Three Warriors were named to the first team. Senior infielder Kourt­ney Hansen led the team in batting average among those playing more than two games this season. Hansen batted .556 (45-for-81) over 21 games, including two doubles and one […]

by Janae Rempel The Free Press The Hillsboro swim team won its first meet of the season on Saturday, scoring 794 points to finish ahead of Peabody Super Swimmers (504) and Hering­ton Whalers (257). The top five results in each race for Hillsboro and Peabody are recorded below. Hillsboro will travel to Abilene Saturday. Hillsboro Swim Meet Saturday, June 2 […]

Five members of the Hillsboro’s 12-11 softball team received all-league recognition from the coaches of the Central Kansas League. Heading the list for Hills­boro are seniors Taylor Hel­mer and Sarah Jost. Helmer was named to the all-league first team as a pitcher while Jost was a first-team choice in the outfield. Helmer batted .317 (20-for-63) with six doubles and 21 […]

Centre’s Espinoza medals at state Centre High School’s Xavier Espinoza shows the running form that enabled him to achieve a time of 11.61 in the 100-meter preliminaries at the Kansas Track and Field Championships in Wichita May 25-26. He advanced to the finals with the sixth-fastest qualifying time. In the finals, Espinoza posted a time of 11.53 seconds to earn […]

Warriors claim four medals Rivals become record-setters at state After competing against each other in shot put and discus during high school, Hillsboro’s Wes Shaw (top photo) and Marion’s Tyler Palic (lower photo) could claim their place in the state record books. Shaw threw the shot put 60 feet, 11.5 inches, bettering his school records and setting a new state […]