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Hotze named girls soccer player of the year
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Pittsburg senior forward Alyssa Hotze has been named the Morning Sun girls soccer player of the year for the third straight season after a record breaking year.
Hotze finished the season with 34 …
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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6/11/25
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Frontenac senior pitcher Avery Johnson is the Morning Sun softball player of the year for 2025 after leading the Raiders to a second straight Class 3A title.
Johnson, who will pitch at …
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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6/10/25
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Rosenberg named boys athlete of the year
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Pittsburg junior Isaiah Rosenberg’s historic season earned him the distinction of being named the Morning Sun boys track and field athlete of the year for 2025.
At the Class 5A state track …
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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6/10/25
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Lowe wins boys golfer of the year for third time
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Pittsburg senior boys golfer M.J. Lowe has been named the Morning Sun boys golf athlete of the year for 2025, becoming a three-time winner of the award.
Making his fourth appearance in the Class …
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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6/10/25
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Pair of Vikings, Lancers earn first team honors
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Northeast’s Spencer Wade and Jaden Whetzell and Southeast’s Gannon Hobbs and Tyler Warner were named to the All-Three Rivers League first team released on Saturday.
Wade, a senior, …
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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6/2/25
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Seniors leave tremendous legacy at Frontenac
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Frontenac softball featured a seven-player senior class that produced an 100-10 overall record (.909 winning percentage) and three Class 3A state championships in four seasons, …
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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6/2/25
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REPEAT RAIDERS!
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TOPEKA, Kan. — The Frontenac Raiders repeated as Class 3A state champions and won their third 3A state title in four seasons after their 2-1 win in nine innings Friday night over Silver Lake at …
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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6/2/25
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Colgan blanks Valley Falls, captures 2-1A baseball state championship
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St. Mary’s Colgan’s baseball team and fans spent most of the weekend holding their breath while watching outstanding pitching and low-scoring games.
But finally, in the fifth inning of the third game, everyone could exhale.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Frontenac repeats as 3A softball state champion
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Regional final walk-off hero Ella Sullivan delivered again in the clutch, and her ninth-inning walk-off single Friday night bringing home Skylar Hutchison gave Frontenac a 2-1 win over Silver Lake in the Class 3A state championship softball game at the Envista Softball Complex.
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Pittsburg finishes fourth in 5A softball state tournament
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WICHITA, Kan.--The most successful softball season in Pittsburg Purple Dragon history came to an end on Friday at Wilkins Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University, where the Dragons took fourth place at the Class 5A state tournament.
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Frontenac's Franklin wins 3A high jump state title
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Frontenac’s Reece Franklin won the high jump and finished second in the triple jump to headline local performances Friday in the KSHSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Raiders blank Riverside in 3A softball semifinal
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Top-seeded Frontenac jumped out early with four runs in the first inning and earned an 11-0 run-rule win in five innings Friday over fourth-seeded Riverside in a Class 3A softball state semifinal game at the Envista Softball Complex.
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Colgan tops Douglass 3-1 in baseball semifinal
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Brady Crossland’s sixth-inning single drove in the go-ahead run as sixth-seeded St. Mary’s Colgan trimmed seventh-seeded Douglass 3-1 Friday afternoon in a KSHSAA Class 2-1A semifinal baseball game at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/30/25
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Colgan beats Thomas More Prep 2-0 in instant classic
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Brady VanBecelaere of St. Mary’s Colgan and Ty Schmeidler of Thomas More Prep hooked up in a scoreless pitchers’ duel for six innings.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Colgan's Hamilton, Hite medal at state golf tournament
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St. Mary’s Colgan golfers Jamie Hamilton and Grant Hite each earned top-20 finishes to earn medals to lead the Panthers, who finished fifth in the team scores at the Class 2A state tournament that finished on Wednesday at the Turkey Creek Golf Club in McPherson.
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Gerber, Strader named finalists for MIAA's Ken B. Jones Award
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Pittsburg State seniors Karenna Gerber and Mason Strader are finalists for the Ken B. Jones Award.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Pittsburg posts first softball state tournament victory
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WICHITA, Kan.--The No. 2 seeded Pittsburg Purple Dragons plated two runs in the sixth inning to take the lead and hold on for a 5-3 victory over the seventh-seeded Salina Central Mustangs in the first round of the Class 5A softball state tournament on Thursday at Wilkins Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University.
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Frontenac blanks Colby in state tournament opener
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Top-seeded Frontenac softball defeated Colby 10-0 in five innings and 61 minutes in a Class 3A state quarterfinal Thursday at the Envista Softball Complex in Topeka.
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By Brock Sisney [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Colgan softball falls in 8 innings
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With the last two innings filled with drama, second-seeded Inman nipped seventh-seeded St. Mary’s Colgan 7-6 in eight innings Thursday afternoon in the opening game of the KSHSAA Class 2-1A softball state tournament in Pratt, Kan.
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By Jim Henry [email protected]
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5/29/25
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Panthers face Teutons to open state tourney
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The St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers return to the state tournament for the second consecutive year as head coach Eric Wilson’s team will travel to the Class 2-1A state tournament on Thursday …
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By Kalon Fullerton [email protected]
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5/28/25
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