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 […]

Bluejay volleyball standouts Ali Jost, Jessanna Nebel and Megan Voth (from left) were good friends as Hesston High School volleyball players, but are key contributors to the Tabor College success. It’s a sequence Bluejay volleyball fans love to watch: senior Ali Jost makes an incredible dig, senior Megan Voth smoothly sets the ball into the air and junior Jessanna Nebel […]

Marion ran into a buzz saw in its final game of district play Thursday, losing to a talented and physical Hesston squad that was state runners-up in Class 3A a year ago, 45-24. Corbin Wheeler Swather running back Parker Roth and quarterback Cameron Cox packed a punishing one-two punch, accounting for 326 of Hesston’s 377 rushing yards and bruising their […]

Darian Ratzlaff splits two Swather defenders during Hillsboro’s game with Hesston Friday. Ratzlaff scored a team-high 16 points in Hillsboro’s 51-44 loss. The Hillsboro boys gave the top-ranked team in Class 3A a run for its money Friday, but the Swathers held off the Trojans’ upset bid, 51-44, at Brown Gymna­sium. Having lost to Hesston by 15 points in the […]

Nathan Baldwin tackles Hesston quarterback Zach Esau in the end zone for a safety during the first quarter Thursday. Marion’s football season came to a close with a 57-24 loss at Hesston Thursday. With a number of playoff scenarios possible going into the game, Marion needed a win to keep postseason hopes alive. As it was, Hillsboro defeated Southeast of […]

I t is hard to imagine how horrific the events of this past Thurs?day were and how they played out in Hesston and Harvey County. One can?t see it ever happening here and now it has. I knew there were many people from Hillsboro, or those with connections with Hillsboro, who worked there. As the story unfolded, I learned of […]

Bryce Shults wrestles Smoky Valley?s Josh Peterson in the second round of the 138-pound weight class at the Hesston Swather Invitational Saturday. Shults won by fall and went 3-0 on the day to win the championship. The Marion wrestling team earned second place at the Hesston Swather Invitational Saturday with 1511?2 points. Chaparral topped the 16-team field with 167 points. […]

Travis King of Hillsboro works to break the hold of Nickerson?s Derek Boeken during their second-round match at the Hesston Invita?tional on Saturday. King defeated Boeken, 5-1, and went on to claim third place in the 138-pound weight class with a 3-1 record. Hillsboro?s wrestling team returned from the Hesston Invitational on Saturday with mixed reviews from coach Scott O?Hare […]

Tessa Isaac signs for Tabor College tennis. Hesston High School product Tessa Isaac signed a letter of intent Nov. 16 to play tennis at Tabor College. Last season, Isaac helped her team to a Class 3-2-1A state championship title, while placing 10th at state. In 2014, Isaac turned in an eighth-place state finish in doubles ?(Tessa) has great tennis potential […]

The top three teams at the Central Kansas League preseason tournament in August convened Sept. 15 for a triangular rematch at Hesston. The evening turned out to be ?Payback Tuesday? for all three squads. In the nightcap, Hillsboro, who lost to Hesston in the tournament finals, knocked off the undefeated Swathers on their home court, 25-22, 26-28, 25-16, after Kingman, […]