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6 days ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
Emporia High School Sports RoundupThe Lady Spartans were in action Saturday against Wichita Life Prep, prevailing 16-1. They move to 8-14 on the season. It was a second consecutive solid offensive showing for Emporia as they amassed 11 hits. Most of the damage was done in the first inning. After an error and a walk scored two runs, the Spartan bats sparked.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
The Emporia High School softball team shut out Wichita West Friday evening, 16-0, moving to 7-14. Chloe Steele was 2-3 with three RBIs and one run scored while teammate Mackayleigh Arrington went 1-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Pitcher Alivia Barrett threw a two-hitter and notched eight strikeouts. She reached the 100-strikeout mark in 108 innings pitched. The Emporia High School softball team shut out Wichita West Friday evening 16-0, moving to 7-14.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
Emporia High School golfer Will Walker showed out Thursday at the Junction City Invitational, shooting 3-under over 15 holes. Walker’s score was barely eclipsed by Manhattan High School’s Charlie Haney, who also shot 3-under. A total of 104 players participated as Walker led the Spartan golf crew to a third-place finish (+14) in the 17-school event. The invitational was stopped after 15 holes due to weather.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
It’s rare for three generations and then some to graduate from the same college, especially if it’s the same program. That is very unique. However, that rarity is occurring in Emporia, at the Flint Hills Technical College. Bruce Short will soon graduate from the school’s automotive maintenance technology program, as did his father and two grandfathers.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
The Chase County High School 2025 Commencement Ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m. in the Chase County High School gym. The graduating class of 25 students has opted out of a guest speaker and will present a senior class video. Chase County High School principal Alberto Carrillo said the school does not offer AP classes, therefore nullifying the designation of valedictorian or salutatorian, noting that each senior holding a 4.0 GPA is eligible to speak.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
An average of five firefighters, one law enforcement officer and one tow truck operator are struck and killed in traffic scene incidents each year in the United States. Of course, that’s seven too many. This month, Chase County will host a training class to help prevent these tragic events on area roads and highways. “We work and operate on the roadways quite often for emergencies,” said Greg Davis of the Chase County Fire Department. “Our safety is the number one priority.
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1 week ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
Lebo-Waverly baseball picked up two wins Thursday, downing Northern Heights High School 18-3 and 20-0. The Wolfdogs move to 11-5 and the Wildcats remain winless at 0-13. In game one, Lebo-Waverly’s Drew Konrade was on fire from the mound, striking out 14 and only issuing one walk in seven innings. He also provided offense, going 2-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs. Konrade, Zach Oswald and Eli homered. Oswald was 2-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
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2 weeks ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
When Generation X was in their adolescent years, biking to school was still a common mode of transportation. A slew of bikes would be placed side-by-side and locked up until the school day ended; filled bike racks were a common sight. But 1979 isn’t 2025. However, the National Center for Safe Routes to School advocates for a return to the healthier means of traveling to school.
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2 weeks ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
With the high school baseball season well underway, the opportunity to examine player metrics now presents itself. Who is having a productive year and who is struggling? Those determinations begin to reveal themselves. For Chase County’s Wyatt Griffin, the results have favored the production tilt of the scale, especially from the bump. The tale of the tape (as of April 25): In 24 innings pitched, Griffin had notched 41 strikeouts, issued a mere six walks and registered nine earned runs.
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2 weeks ago | 
emporiagazette.com | Chris Adams
It was an area duel Tuesday evening, as the baseball and softball squads of Chase County High School and Southern Lyon County battled it out as each team picked up a win and a loss. SLC prevailed, 5-4, in the first matchup of the baseball doubleheader with Chase County. The game stretched to nine innings after SLC tied the score at 4-4 in the seventh. SLC amassed 15 hits in the victory. Kael Wagaman went 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Brayden Lienemann was 3-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
