The MHS boys took fourth out of eight teams at the event.

In a field of 16 teams, the Centre Cougars squad of Kacey Hanschu, Ryan Richmond, Josh Olsen, Heath Hill, Jacob Jennings and Trevor Troutt combined to score 396 and finished in 13th place at the Saint Mary?s Invitational on Tuesday. The Wamego team claimed first place by reaching the clubhouse in 323 strokes, followed by Sabetha (324) and Jefferson West […]

Shelby Miller goes airborne en route to a second-place finish in the women?s 400-meter hurdles event at Tabor on Wednesday. Miller snapped a 30-year-old school record in the 400-meter dash. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

Ashley Malcom clears 6-1 in the high jump Wedneday. She won this event and added a second-place finish in in the long jump to go with a third-place finish in the triple jump. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

The Bluejays hosted teams from 12 other colleges at the annual Tabor College Invitational on Wednesday.

?We had a great day for a track meet,? coach Dave Kroeker said. ?We had a lot of good competition and a number of fine performances.?

Jacob Yoder hands the relay baton to Michael Suderman after completing the first leg of the 4×100. The Trojan team of Yoder, Suderman, Michael Tisdale and Ishmael Morris finished second in the race, but their time of 43.19 set a new HHS record. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

Kimber Hardey winds up to throw the shot Friday at Halstead. Marion sent most of its girls? squad to Lawrence for the KU relays. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click Photo to enlarge.

Led by three meet-record performances by JuliAnne Chis?holm, the Hillsboro girls? ran away from a 16-team field at the Conrad Nightingale Invitational track and field meet Friday in Halstead.

Hillsboro got a school-record performance from its 4×100 team to place second in the boys? division.

Aaron Stepanek flares a ray of sunshine out to second base in the third inning of the first game of a double-header against Sedgwick. Stepanek pitched four innings of an 18-3 win in the second game. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

Hillsboro?s Travis Riesen fires to third during Game 1 of Friday?s doubleheader with Sedgwick. Riesen pitched a three-hit shutout. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

The two games were very different, but the outcome was the same as Hillsboro swept a pair of non-league games from Sedg?wick Friday at Memorial Field, 3-0 and 18-3.

Trojan ace Travis Riesen scattered three hits for a seven-inning shutout in a tight Game 1. But in Game 2 the Trojans combined 18 hits with nine Card?inal errors in a five-inning route.

Hillsboro pitcher Jenesa Klose pre-prepares to deliver to the plate during Friday?s doubleheader with Marion. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press Click photo to enlarge.

The Hillsboro High softball ended a busy but otherwise disappointing week with a doubleheader sweep of Marion Friday at the Sports Complex, 11-7 and 4-2.

The Trojans? victory in Game 1 snapped a four-game losing streak after doubleheader losses to Hoisington and Smoky Valley earlier in the week.

Competing in one of its toughest tournaments of the season, the Hillsboro High golf team finished eighth at the Wichita Collegiate Invitational on Friday.

Played on the challenging Hidden Lakes course in Wichita, the tournament field included some of the top teams in class 3A, 4A and 5A.

The Marion High softball team split a double header Thursday against Halstead.

A pitcher?s duel in the first game saw the Dragons snap a 0-0 tie in the top of the seventh and the Warriors rally in the home half for a 3-1 victory.

Marion, trailing by a run and having managed only one baserunner in 18 at-bats made the most of a miscue by Halstead shortstop Ashley Douglas.

The Free Press<p>The Marion High girls? track squad made the most of favorable weather this weekend by sending a cadre of its top performers to the KU Relays.<p>?Our girls really performed well,? coach Grant Thierolf said.<p>?All of our girls looked like they really belonged at this caliber of meet and really represented Marion High School quite well.?

Hillsboro?s Max Thiel returns volley during his opening match in No. 2 singles. Thiel went on to win the flite championship with a 3-0 mark for the day. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.

The Hillsboro Gold tennis team finished third at the Trojan Invitational at the Sports Com?plex on Friday.

The HHS White team placed eighth in the eight-team field.

The tournament had been originally scheduled for April 5, but was postponed until Friday because of weather.