Sports
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.
Eads Will Be Young with New Coach
| Betsy Barnett | Sports
This year’s Eads Volleyball team will be very young as the program lost four key seniors off a team that got to the Region 1 tournament finals after a satisfying win over Sangre de Cristo, 3-0. However, they then lost to Merino in the regional finals.
Kit Carson Will Try to Replace Key Seniors from Last Year’s State Team
| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Third year head coach Jasmine Jacobs has done an exceptional job taking over the storied Kit Carson Volleyball program after longtime accolated Penny Isenbart moved to Stratton. Last year, Jacobs took her team to the state tournament riding the experienced play of three strong seniors.
Lady Tigers Will Return Five Key Players
| Betsy Barnett | Sports
Last year the Cheyenne Wells Lady Tigers started out in a promising way, but some tough breaks resulted in a less-than-desired outcome with a 9-12 season record and 1-4 Hi-Plains League record.
2023 Granada Volleyball Preview
| John Contreras | Sports
Despite a 7-12 record last season, the Granada Lady Bobcats took some steps in the right direction.
2023 McClave Lady Cardinals Volleyball Preview
| John Contreras | Sports
The 2023 edition of the McClave Lady Cardinals volleyball team looks to carry the success the team enjoyed last year into a new season.
2023 Wiley Volleyball Team Preview
| John Contreras | Sports
A coaching change takes place for the 2023 Wiley High School volleyball program as Ashley Tixier takes over the helm for former head coach Melissa Larrick.
2023 Holly Volleyball Preview
| John Contreras | Sports
A relatively young team will take to the court this season for the 2023 edition of the Holly Lady Wildcats volleyball team.