Peabody-Burns

The Warriors improved to 2-0 Friday with a 56-0 win over Bennington.
Nathan Bishop ran for two touchdowns and threw four more?two apiece to Adam Benson and Brandon Pickens.
Benson finished with six catches for 121 yards. Trevor Hamm rushed for 125 yards on 16 attempts, and Elliot Spechten?hauser ran for 93 yards on 11 carries.

PBHS plays at Canton-Galva on Friday.

The Tabor College cross-country teams ran at Lake Afton in Wichita on Saturday.

The women?s squad had three runners out but still placed sixth out of 14 teams in its first full-distance run of the season.

?We were not at full strength for this meet,? coach Karol Hunt said. ?Shelby Miller, Amber Wiens and Tesheena Ruzinsky were not able to compete because of injuries.?

Cody McMillen begins his push for the finish line during Saturday?s race near Augusta. The Trojan senior ran a career-best 16:46 over the 5-K course to place fourth against mostly Class 5A and 6A competition. Click image to enlarge.

Hillsboro?s Cody McMillen opened his senior cross-country season Saturday with a career-best time at the J.K. Gold Classic near Augusta.

Hillsboro?s Ishamel Morris breaks loose for a 16-yard run during Hillsboro?s first possession on Friday night. The 67-yard drive ended with a touchdown.

Defeat could hardly be more agonizing than the 31-30 overtime loss Hillsboro endured at Nickerson during Friday?s season opener.

In no less than three critical situations near the end, Trojans had victory within their grasp, only to see it slip away by the slimmest of margins.

The Hillsboro High volleyball team won all three of its matches at a quadrangular Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Claflin.

With blockers Matt Thierolf (54) and Nick Klenda (30) opening a hole in the Halstead line, Marion running back Austin Hager gave the Warriors a 6-2 lead with a 15-yard touchdown run midway through the second quarter. Marion cruised to a 14-2 win. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click image to enlarge

Halstead scored first, but it was Marion High that came away with a season-opening 14-2 victory Friday at Halstead.

After a rocky first quarter left Marion in a 2-0 hole, the Warriors rallied for an 8-2 advantage at halftime.

Ashley Cohlmia (right) and Jordan Crosson block an effort by a Stephens College player on Saturday. Tabor won all four matches it played at the McPherson College Classic. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click image to enlarge

The Tabor College volleyball team swept opponents Avila, Central Christian, Bacone and Stephens at the McPherson College Classic on Friday and Saturday, to open the season with a 4-0 non-conference mark.

In its second outing in three days, the Hillsboro girls? tennis team finished tied for second place among five schools competing at the Ster?ling Invitational on Thursday.

Competing in a round-robin format, Hillsboro scored nine points to finish behind Sterling (13) and tied with Hutchinson Trinity (9). Also competing were St. John (4) and Greensburg (0).

The Marion High School cross-country team traveled to Abilene Thursday for the first races of the 2007 season.

Peabody-Burns

On Friday night, the Peabody-Burns High School football team opened
its slate with a 21-12 win over Inman. Elliot Spechtenhauser scored the
first two Warrior touchdowns. The first came as he crashed into the end
zone from six yards out and the second came on a 45-yard dash.