Canton-Galva Cross Country—Both Eagle competitors earned medals Saturday at the Class 2A state meet in Wamego. Morgan Becker paved the way with an eighth-place finish in the boys’ 5-k race with a time of 17 minutes, 25.19 seconds. Not far behind, Christian Darrah placed 12th in 17:34.43. “Both of the boys ran really good races, and it was a […]

The basketball season hasn’t come a minute too soon for fans of Kansas University. All the talk about possible sanctions, however, is like a cloud looming on the horizon. It isn’t every day that a blue-blood school like Kansas might be penalized by the NCAA. As Jerry Tarkanian once famously said, “The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky it will […]

Centre Basketball—The Cougars lost two games at Bennington Friday. The girls lost, 67-36, and the boys lost, 48-37. Goessel Basketball—The Bluebirds lost two games to Inman Friday. The Bluebird girls lost, 33-15. Inman outscored Goessel, 14-2 in the first quarter, creating a deficit too large from which to recover. Elizabeth Schmucker led the Bluebirds with 11 points on 5-for-11 shooting […]

Back Row (from left): Brooklyn Smith, Freshman, Lexis Brewer, Sophomore, Kaitlyn Hudson, Senior, Gracie Luna, Senior, Ashden Alcorn, Junior, and Lacey Wingerd, Junior Front Row (from left): Regina Daniels, Junior – Exchange Student from Germany, Emily Silhan, Junior, and Jorja Peterson, Freshman Cheer Coach Laura Hett refers to her cheerleaders as her girls like a proud mother. “The cheerleading team […]

For the second consecutive week, the Canton-Galva football team knocked off an unbeaten opponent, this time defeating Madison, 46-6, for the chance to play in the state title game Saturday.  The Eagles never trailed, scoring a first-quarter touchdown on a 65-yard pass from Landon Everett to Tyson Struber for an 8-0 advantage. Canton-Galva added to its lead in the second […]

It was worth going to Tabor’s homecoming football game on Oct. 19, if for no other reason than seeing the large number of football alumni who returned for the 40th- and 50th-year anniversary of Bluejay football. The game itself was fine. Tabor played well enough to beat St. Mary 24-7. What made the day fun, though, was running into so […]

The Hillsboro Volleyball girls beat Chase County 25-13 and 25-15, and then went on to defeat West Elk 2-0, advancing to the championship game in sub-state. They lost the first game to Belle Plaine, came back to win the second game and then lost the final game,ending up sub-state runner ups. Canton-Galva Cross Country—Two Eagles qualified for the state meet […]

Caleb Potucek, senior, headed into the endzone in the first quarter.Hillsboro won the home game against Bluestem with a final score of 73-0. Karrie Rathbone/Free Press Canton-Galva Cross Country—Morgan Becker led the Eagles by winning the Wheat State League meet championship Thursday at Harvey County West Park with a time of 17 minutes, 29 seconds. Christian Darrah earned the bronze […]

Goessel’s Jacob Hagewood rushes for a 37-yard touchdown to give the Bluebirds an early, 8-0 lead over Peabody-Burns.Janae Rempel/Free Press Big plays contributed to a 56-8 victory for the Goessel football team over Peabody-Burns Friday. The Bluebirds rolled up 463 yards of offense, fueled by quarterback Dylan Lindeman, who completed 10 of 12 pass attempts for 279 yards and three […]

Maybe I’m too easily amused, but I’ve always found it interesting how much universities pay other teams to come to “their house” to play a football game. If you are naïve enough to think that college football isn’t a big business at the NCAA Div. I level, I can’t help you. KU football paid its first two opponents more than […]