Category Archives: Softball

American Implement Western Kansas Team of the Week: Garden City softball enjoying another big year, including 14-inning victory

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Garden City High School’s Brie Manwarren winds up to make a pitch to a Great Bend batter for a strike out Thursday at Tangeman Sports Complex. (Photo credit: Brad Nadig, Garden City Telegram).

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Craw-Kan Southeast Kansas Athletes of the Week: Uniontown softball, with many freshmen and sophomores in key roles, posting strong year

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Uniontown has shown a nice improvement from 2021 behind a mix of experienced seniors, freshmen and sophomores.

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Uniontown softball has enjoyed success in recent years. The Eagles have one all-time state appearance, Read Story

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Nex-Tech Wireless Central Athletes of Month: Buoyed by a walk-off grand slam and seventh inning comebacks, Canton-Galva softball shows improvement

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Canton-Galva has opened 10-4 with multiple seventh-inning comebacks, including a walk-off grand slam

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On April 12, Canton-Galva/Elyria Christian softball faced nearby rival Marion. Second-year Canton-Galva coach Reann Buchanan is a Marion graduate. Read Story

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Softball in Kansas: “They dug deep and fought back” – the layers behind Udall 50, South Haven/Caldwell 46, the highest scoring HS softball game ever

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
On April 18, Udall softball beat South Haven/Caldwell, 50-46, in the highest scoring game in United States high school softball history.

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Udall softball is historically one of Kansas’ elite 2-1A softball teams. Read Story

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Sports in Kansas Radio Show: Softball Update 4/22

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Chet Kuplen

Chet Kuplen and Mike Snow talk about high school softball across the state of Kansas. Regional standings, top teams, stat leaders. Click below to listen to this weeks show.

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Softball/Track in Kansas: “There will never be another Daelyn” – How four-sport star Daelyn Winters and Burlingame girls are enjoying another big season

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Burlingame senior Daelyn Winters has excelled in four sports. Her dad, Creighton, is the reigning 2-1A SIK softball coach of the years. Burlingame looks to continue the best girls’ sports school year in program annals.
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Softball/Baseball in Kansas: Looking at key results, matchups of undefeated teams, top performers, rankings

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Clearwater continues to stay undefeated in 4A.

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Last week, especially Thursday, yielded key doubleheaders between teams that had not yet lost. Major results included Council Grove against Mission Valley; Hoisington-Central Plains versus Read Story

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Softball in Kansas: “They are flying out of the ballpark” – How undefeated Rossville is leading Kansas in homers

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Rossville is off to a 12-0 start and has led Kansas in homers, according to publicly available data (Photo by Rossville athletics).

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Rossville finished 19-4 last season under coach John Nitsch. Rossville Read Story

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Softball/Baseball in Kansas: Looking at the top-heavy 2-1A St. Marys softball regional, SM North with big start, other top teams, players, rankings

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Mission Valley’s Morgan Tomlinson has enjoyed another huge year. MV is part of the extremely loaded 2-1A St. Marys regional.

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Eskridge-Mission Valley and Burlingame are located just 22 miles apart on KS-99 Read Story

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Softball in Kansas: Looking at key early season softball results; top performers from softball, baseball

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Conor Nicholl
Douglass is among the softball teams with a strong early season start behind Hayleigh Waggoner and Kennedy Bergsten.

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Labette Bank Athlete of the Month: Ashley & Allie Marietta – St. Mary’s Colgan

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Chet Kuplen

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St. Mary’s Colgan senior twin sisters Ashley and Allie Marietta made it official last week by committing to Division I St. Louis University softball out of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

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Sports in Kansas: National Signing Day Recap

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Chet Kuplen
Syris Dunlap inked with FHSU out of Liberal HS on Wednesday.

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Wednesday marked National Signing Day. This year’s class featured a standout crop of linemen, Read Story

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