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Cheney and Ike teams, GP’s Sell golf at State By Travis Mounts
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Garden Plain’s Nolan Sell had a good showing at Monday’s Class 3A State tournament at Spring Creek Golf Course in Seneca. The senior, competing as an individual, shot 76 to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. With tiebreakers, Sell ended up in the sixth-place slot, and was only four shots off the leader. The top three scores were 72, 74
and 75. The Cheney Cardinals golf team grabbed seventh place at that same tournament. Sabetha edged Phillipsburg for the title, shooting 320 to win by two strokes, while Cimarron was third with 324. Hesston shot 339 to place fourth. Cheney was in a tight battle with Jayhawk Linn and Sterling for fifth through seventh place. Hesston won that fight, shooting 344, and Sterling was right behind at 345. The Cardinals shot 346.
Connor Stephenson, a junior, had Cheney’s best score at 83. He tied six other golfers at 20th. Junior Dylan Freund was part of a three-way tie at 32nd, shooting 85, and senior Trey Akler closed out his high school career with an 86, good for a four-way tie at 35th. Cheney’s other golfers were Ryne Asbury (90, tie 44th), Aiden Cole (105, tie 84th), and Austin Reischman (105, tie 84th). This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Cardinals, but summer golf and improve-
ment during the season meant a return trip for the entire team. Five of six varsity players will be back next season. At the 5A State tournament at Dub’s Dread Golf Club in Kansas City, Kan., the Eisenhower Tigers finished 10th out of 12 teams. Tyler Trudo paced the Tigers, shooting 85 to finish as part of a seven-way tie at 35th. Mateo Villegas was close behind. He shot 87 to finish in a three-way tie at 47th. Trudo and Villegas led Eisenhower all season. Both
are juniors, and should make a formidable duo next year. Eisenhower’s other results included Parker Steven (94, tie 70th), Keagan Larson (97, tie 75th), Brock Clendenin (100, 82nd), and Caden Janzen (104, 86th). Only Larson will be lost to graduation. Like Cheney, the Tigers will return much of the squad. With offseason work and more consistent results in the third and fourth scores, the Tigers could see a noticeable gain in their State finish in 2019.
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Cheney’s Micah Grover tags out a Haven baserunner during last week’s Class 3A regional championship, played at the Cheney Sports Complex. The Cardinals earned a first-round bye, then defeated Hesston in the semifinal on Wednesday before taming the Haven Wildcats. The Cardinals run-ruled both of their opponents.
Cheney rolls into State tourney By Travis Mounts
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With a pair of run-rule victories, the Cheney Cardinals steamrolled their way into the Class 3A State tournament. Cheney, the top seed in the 3A regional played on the Cardinals’ home field, beat No. 3 Haven 11-1 in six innings in the championship game last week on Wednesday. Dawson Winter pitched well, and Cheney’s defense stepped up when needed. Already leading 2-0, a Micah Grover
3-run home run started the Cardinals’ offensive onslaught. Cheney added an additional 3 runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. Corbin Meireis had three hits and scored twice, and Trenton Canaan got on base three times, with two hits. The Cardinals, who had a first-round bye as the tournament’s top seed, needed just five innings to defeat No. 5 Hesston 12-2. Cheney pounded out 12 hits against the Swathers. The Cardinals scored 3 runs in each of the first three innings for a 9-2 lead, and scored in all five innings. Kauy Kuhn gave up just one earned run, and
was 3-for-4 at the plate. Grover’s three hits included two RBIs, and he scored three times. Cheney is now heading to 3A State for the second time in the program’s threeyear history. The Cardinals also made it to State in their inaugural season. The Cardinals’ will open State at 1:15 p.m. at Kansas State’s Tointon Family Stadium. It’s a well balanced field, with the top seed and bottom seed separated by just three losses. No. 6 Cheney (20-3) will face No. 3 Marion-Centre (21-2). The winner will play in the first semifinal at 11 a.m. Friday against either No. 2 Southeast High
from Cherokee (20-1) or No. 7 Sabetha (20-3). The other half of the bracket includes No. 1 Thomas More Prep-Marian (22-1) vs. No. 8 Wellsville (19-4), and No. 4 Riley County (19-2) against No. 5 Humboldt (20-3). The other semifinal will be at 1:15 p.m. Friday. Following will be the third-place game at 3:30 p.m., and the championship at 5:45 p.m. Haven 000 010 – 1 5 1 Cheney 110 333 – 11 14 0 Hesston 020 00 – 2 5 3 Cheney 333 12 – 12 12 2
EHS, GHS soccer seasons come to an end
By Travis Mounts
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Both the Eisenhower Tigers and Goddard Lions suffered losses in soccer regional championships last Thursday. Eisenhower fell 1-0 at home to Kapaun-Mt. Carmel. Goddard dropped a 8-0 game at Maize. The Tigers were the fourth seed in Class 5A West, and were the top seed in their four-team bracket, while the Crusaders were No. 5 and the second-best team. Following a scoreless
first half, the Tigers struggled to get the ball into the Crusaders’ territory for much of the second half. As the half went on, the Crusaders got better scoring opportunities. Kapaun finally broke through midway through the second quarter, capitalizing on a sequence with three or four opportunities. The Tigers fought to the end, and drew a late foul that gave them a free kick from less 30 yards out with just 8 seconds to play, but the volley on the free kick went long and time
ran out on Eisenhower’s season. The Tigers finish the season 14-4-0. Goddard – the No. 7 seed overall and the second-highest seed in the bracket – was a definitive underdog against host Maize, which had 14 regular-season wins. The Eagles looked the part of the favorite, too, dropping eight goals on the Lions in the shutout win. It was a game that head coach Josh Hansen would liked to have been more competitive in. The Lions close out the season with a 9-6-2 record.
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An Eisenhower free kick goes long in the closing seconds of a 1-0 loss to KapaunMt. Carmel in last Thursday’s 5A regional championship.