REESE BARNETT GRABS U.S. KIDS SPRING TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN PUEBLO
Eads youth Reese Barnett mowed down the competition in the U.S. Kids Golf 9-10-year-old division on Sunday by shooting a +3 over 39 at the Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo with the wind howling ...
By Betsy Barnett
KIT CARSON GIRLS’ GOLF TEAM ENJOYING MAIDEN SEASON
Last spring Kit Carson’s Stephanie Framel and Tess Johnson traveled to Cheyenne Wells joining the Tiger’s girls’ golf team. This year Cheyenne Wells dropped their program so Kit Carson scrambled t...
Eads Volleyball Grabs First Win of Season Over Granada, 3-1
The last week of volleyball was a tumultuous time for the Eads Eagles’ (5-1) players and coaches alike as they continued to look for a win on the volleyball season despite the fact we are at the mi...
ERRORS COST EADS UNDEFEATED STATUS LOSING TO STRATTON, 3-2
With two outs and two runners aboard in the top of the fifth inning Eads was holding on to a tenuous 2-1 lead over Stratton when a routine third out that would have given the undefeated Eads bun...
Eads Volleyball Lacks Experience Will Take Some Time
The Eads Volleyball team is coached by veterans Chelsea Davis and Ty Lin Williams. These coaches know that it will take some time for the Lady Eagles, just 10 strong, to figure out their roles and...
EADS BASEBALL TAKES THE BROOM TO CHEYENNE WELLS; CONTROLS MANZY
It was quite a successful week of baseball for the Eads Eagles as they grabbed two key conference wins over previously undefeated Cheyenne Wells in Eads on Friday in scores of 7-5 and 11-6. They t...
No. 1 Belleview Christian ends season for No. 4 Granada, 58-46, in 1A Final Four
The 2021 high school basketball season came to a close as a total of 10 state champions (five girls and five boys) were crowned on Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21 at the Broadmoor World Arena in C...
CHEYENNE WELLS TIGERS BASEBALL HAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST WEEK: Takes Wins Over Stratton/Liberty at Home and Manzanola on the Road
The Cheyenne Wells Tigers got a wonderful normal feeling of being back on the baseball field this week after the devastating news of their 2020 season being canceled due to Covid. Seventeen players...
Fleming Defeats Kit Carson in the 1A State Final Four Round
Kit Carson’s hopes of another state championship in basketball went by the wayside on Thursday as the Lady Wildcats suffered through a miserable fourth quarter against the Wildcats from Fleming. H...
HAASE AND STOKER LEAD EADS GIRLS TRACK & FIELD IN WEEKEND OPEN; Eads Boys Led by Damien Barnes in the Jumping Pit
Stephanie Bohlander has been at the helm for Eads High School Track & Field for many years. Last year the entire season was cancelled and Bohlander found herself severely disappointed as Eads ...
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