SPORTS ON TV
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, December 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 1 p.m. ACCN — Texas A&M-CC at Notre Dame 3 p.m.
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Buffalo knocks off Life Prep Fire, 65-62
When the Garden City Buffaloes’ boys’ basketball team takes the floor, the ultimate goal of the 32-minute contest is to wear the opponent down with a full-court press and fast-break offense. Sometimes, as it did Friday night at The Garden, it took the entire 32 minutes for the game’s outcome to be determined and this time it was by the thinnest of margins, 65-62, when a desperation heave from past mid-court by Wichita-Life Prep Academy went awry.
Chapa, Lopez nab third places
Garden City High School wrestling coach Carlos Prieto knows all too well about the Kansas City Stampede tournament that always concludes the December schedule for his Buffaloes’ teams. “It’s a meat-grinder as I told the boys and girls before,” Prieto said a day after concluding the first three weeks of the 2021-2022 season in Kansas City.
GCHS girls still searching for first victory
The Garden City High School girls’ basketball team had hoped to head into the holiday break with some momentum if they could capture their first victory of the season on Friday in a home match-up with private school Wichita- Life Prep Academy.
Area teams finish up December play
Area high school basketball teams have concluded their December portion of the season, now taking a holiday break before games starting back up in January. Holcomb boys 74, Goodland 43 Damon Mesa and Daegan VanPelt combined to lead all scorers Friday at Goodland, scoring 18 points each in the Holcomb High School boys’ basketball team victory, 74-43.
AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES
BOYS Life Prep 62, Garden City 65 Holcomb 74, Goodland 43 Stanton Co. 56, Lakin 69 Sublette 44, Satanta 61 Minneola 48, Ingalls 39 Ulysses 53, SW Heights 63 Greeley Co.
ON THE AIR
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, December 21 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN'S) 5 p.m. PAC-12N — Florida A&M at Arizona State 7 p.m.
Jayhawks hold on to beat Stephen F. Austin
LAWRENCE — Kansas men’s basketball earned another victory Saturday inside Allen Fieldhouse, but by no means was this contest against Stephen F. Austin an easy win.
Chiefs get help to claim 1st place
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs took care of their business with a thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory over the Los Angeles Chargers last Thursday, avenging an earlier loss to their AFC West rival and taking a twogame lead in the division.
Bridgewater out of hospital but unlikely to play next week
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Denver Broncos are preparing backup quarterback Drew Lock for his first start of the season at Las Vegas next weekend after Teddy Bridgewater was knocked unconscious Sunday against the Bengals, carted off the field and hospitalized overnight.