Herington’s Kwinton Barlow-McKenna – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Broadway Station Bar & Grill
By Blake Chadwick Kwinton Barlow-McKenna is a Herington track and field senior who has been doing shot put, discus, and javelin for the last six years. “Kwinton is a really good kid,” head coach John Pritchard said. “He does well academically and is a hard worker in the gym, improving himself with each sport. He […]
Clifton-Clyde’s Hailie Affolter – Salina Area Athlete Spotlight
By Blake Chadwick As a sixth grader, Hailie Affolter from Clifton-Clyde fell in love with doing track. The senior would spend hours working on her events after school to improve, focusing on shot put, discus, and running in the 200-meter dash and 4×100-meter relay. “My mindset is different when I am competing compared to when […]
Hanover’s Hayden Behrends – Athlete Spotlight Presented By B&W Electric
Hanover’s Hayden Behrends had his eyes on personal improvement and team cohesion this season. “I work out five days a week to become more athletic and explosive, trying to better myself every day during the off season,” said Behrends. When asked how he wanted to improve this season and how he worked to achieve that […]
Butler Co. FBLA Presented By SAFE, KTSRO
By Matt Browning On Dec. 10, 2023, Madison and Monica Moore were involved in a fatal crash just three miles from their house. The other driver ran the stop sign, colliding with their vehicle and causing it to roll. Both died instantly. In the days following, this intersection was identified by Butler County Sheriff Monty […]
Ell-Saline High School – SAFE Spotlight Presented By KTSRO
By Matt Browning The Ell-Saline SAFE program has done many positive things throughout the school, but its partnership with the Saline County KDOT team might be the most. The two organizations work together during Winter Driver Preparedness Week. “During the week we had a different theme every day to educate our drivers about the dangers […]
Clay Center’s Allison Adams – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Oliver’s Sports
By Hayden Swope Allison Adams, a softball player at Clay Center, was an honorable mention all-league infielder last year. Adams knew that no matter the outcome of the season, she would always be thankful for the teammates and friends she made along the way. “The season didn’t go as planned as we struggled at times […]
Girls Track Recap Presented By Salina Regional Sports Medicine
Class 1A 4×100 Meter Relay Little River’s Alaina Eck, Kami Grasser, Ashley Stephenson, and Saelyn Raleigh finished second with a time of 51.18 Class 1A Triple Jump Little River’s Havana Olander finished first with a jump of 37-10.50 Class 2A 100 Meter Dash Moundridge’s Cammi Unruh finished second with a time of 12.58 Bennington’s Rori […]
Boys Track Recap Presented By Salina Tech
Class 1A 400 Meter Dash Little River’s Andrew Smith finished third with a time of 51.06 Class 2A 100 Meter Dash Lyndon’s Tanner Heckel finished first with a time of 10.78 Class 2A 200 Meter Dash Eureka’s TJ Mills finished first with a time of 22.78 Moundridge’s Kaden Elmore finished second with a time of […]
McPherson’s Haely Hagemann – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Bluestem Pace
By Hayden Swope McPherson’s first team all-league catcher Haely Hagemann used all the competition she saw during the season to prepare for those postseason games. Falling to Andale in the regional championship game, Hagemann is still proud of the hard work put in over the season. “We saw some tough 5A and 6A competition that […]
Concordia’s Erinae Flesher – Athlete Spotlight Presented By Salina Ortho
By Hayden Swope Concordia’s 2023 first team all-league infielder Erinae Flesher had high hopes heading into the spring season. With this being her last year as a Panther, Flesher wanted to do everything she could to make it the best season yet. “It was my senior year which meant it was my last year,” Flesher […]