Sports

Football Season Begins in Earnest

| John Contreras | Sports
After weeks of practice in hot weather conditions, high school football teams got their seasons underway last week.

Cheyenne Wells Takes 2nd in Own Tournament, Eads Finishes 4th

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
The Cheynne Wells Boys’ Golf team hosted the Cheyenne Wells Invitational Golf tournament at the Smoky River Golf Course in Cheyenne Wells on Friday, Aug. 18.

Eads Will Lose Two Milehigh Sports Notables This Year

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Experienced coaches will tell you that to win a championship in any sport the team has to have a lot of luck. That is the first and foremost ingredient needed.

2023 Kit Carson Wilcats Return Two Starters to Football Team

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Kit Carson head coach Curt Connelley is heading into his 7th season at the helm of the Wildcat program following in the shoes of legendary coach Jim Trahern. Connelley’s team a year ago was only 2-7 and didn’t win a league game during the season.

Cheyenne Wells Football Ranked #5 in Pre-Season Polling

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
The Cheyenne Wells Tigers advanced to the state playoffs a year ago but would fall to Otis in the quarterfinals. Despite that success, the team was young and inexperienced coming off a state championship season the year before after which they lost most of their players to graduation.

Granada Bobcats Looking to Get over the Hump

| John Contreras | Sports
Granada heads into its sixth season of playing in the 6-Man ranks.

Holly Football Looks to Take the Next Step

| John Contreras | Sports
The Holly Wildcats are coming off their sixth appearance in the Class A 8-man state playoffs in the last seven years under veteran head coach Dayne Eaton.

2023 Wiley Football to Be Under New Head Coach

| John Contreras | Sports
The head coach carousel continues for the Wiley Panthers football program.

McClave Football Looks to Reload

| John Contreras | Sports
The McClave Cardinals football team is coming off their second straight winning season after going winless in 2020.

Eads and Cheyenne Wells Compete on Links in Burlington

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
The Cheyenne Wells golf team came through with a runner-up finish in Burlington on Tuesday, Aug. 15 while Eads settled for 6th place in the 11-team tournament.

Tiger Golfers in Fourth Place at Yuma Invitational

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
In their second tournament of the season the Tigers traveled to the Yuma Invitational on Friday, August 11.

Lamar Wins in Major Fall 15-0 over Wray/yuma on the Diamond

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
The Lamar Thunder Softball team took to the softball diamond on Tuesday, Aug. 15 for their home and seasoner opener and defeated the combined team of Wray/Yuma in a major decision, 15-0.

Wiley Cleans House over Florence, Now 4-0 in Early Season Competition

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
The Wiley Panthers softball team consisting of players from Wiley, Eads, and McClave continued to roll along in a dominating fashion as they hosted Florence in Wiley on Tuesday and handed them two dominating defeats in big scores of 22-0 and 15-0.

Wiley Sweeps Burlington in Home Opener

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Wiley used two different pitchers, both dominant, in their double header wins. They included senior Bethany Summers in game won who had 9 strikeouts and gave up just one hit in the Game 1 shut out win; and freshman Anna Wollert in Game 2 who gave up one run on two hits, striking out 5 Cougars.

Lamar Thunder Softball Ready to Complete Some Unfinished Business

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Austin Adamson is in his fifth year as the head coach of the Lamar Thunder Softball team and is ready to take care of some unfinished business from a year ago. At the 3A State Softball Tournament the Thunder lost in the state semifinals to University, in extra innings, 10-9, dashing their impressive run towards the state championship.

Eads Golfers Enjoy High Finish Behind Youngsters

| Betsy Barnett | Sports
For the first time in many years the Eads Boys’ Golf team finished in the top 4 at the annual Grizzly Invitational Golf Tournament held at the Cottonwood Links Golf Course on Tuesday, August 8th.
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