Sports

Wilson’s Aaron Dlabal competes in the 1A 3200-meter run May 26-27 at the 6A-5A-4A-3A-2A-1A State track meet in Wichita.

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The Purple team — Front row from left, Drew Davis, Hadley West, Owen Donley and Cruz Donley. Back row from left, coach Chad Davis, Evan Bailey Valen Vague, Alan Montoy, Rett Bohl, Walter Hulse and William Sandell. Not pictured is coach John Donley.

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Central Plains’ Rebecca Stratmann, left, takes the baton from Cassidy Crites in the 4X100-meter relay May 26 at the State track meet in Wichita.

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Bearcat Zac Schneider was named to the North Central Activities Association’s 2017 All-league first team for baseball.

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By Mark McCoy

WICHITA — Ellsworth’s Kaden Davis dominated the 3A sprint races Friday and Saturday at the 6A-5A-4A-3A-2A-1A State track meet at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, repeating as the 3A 200-meter champion; winning the title in the 400- meter race and placing second in the 100-meter dash.

Davis garnished a total of 28 team points to place Ellsworth sixth in the 3A team competition. Hugoton won the 3A meet with a total of 62 points.

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By Mark McCoy

PLAINVILLE — Lady Oiler Emily Ryan placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5’2” and second in the long jump with a score of 16’1.5” at the soggy 2A Plainville Regional track meet Friday in Plainville.

The start time of the meet was moved to 11 a.m. from the original time of 1 p.m. due to the incoming rain. However, it was still a damp and wet mess.

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By Mark McCoy

RUSSELL — Kaden Davis swept all three sprints, winning the 100-yard dash with a time of 11.58; the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.86 and the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.58 Friday, to repeat as the 3A Regional sprinting champion in Russell.

By the time the 3A Regional meet began, the field events were muddy swamps, so the field events were moved to Monday, in hopes of better weather. The track events were held in the cold and soaking rainstorm that covered the western two-thirds of the state.

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By Mark McCoy

RUSSELL — The Lady ‘Cats came back from an eight-run deficit Monday to win the first game of the 3A Russell regional softball tournament 17-12 and send the Lady Broncos of Lakin home.

It was a hot and humid afternoon on the diamond as the Lady Broncos scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning. Jessica Graves pitched the first inning-and-a-half for Ellsworth and was relieved by Taylor Bunch who replaced her on the mound mid-way through the scoreless second inning.

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By Mark McCoy

GARDEN CITY — The Central Plains Oilers team placed second at the 3A-2A-1A State tournament Friday and Saturday in Garden City. Sterling won the meet and the two-man Ellsworth team placed 10th.

The Oilers’ doubles team of Brett Liebl and Kade Beck placed second in their bracket and Devin Ryan placed seventh in singles play.

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By Mark McCoy

BELOIT — The Beloit Trojans swept the Bearcat baseball team in two games May 4 in Beloit, winning the opener by a score of 9-3 and the nightcap by a score of 6-2.

David Koralek III pitched the opener for Ellsworth. The Trojans jumped to a 4-0 lead by the bottom of the first inning. Ellsworth answered with a run in the top of the second and held the Trojans scoreless in the bottom for a 4-1 score.

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