Finney County

Johnson, Jones named Athletes of Week

Keegan Johnson and Halle Jones have been named the male and female Athletes of the Week, respectively, through voting in the weekly contest.Both are student-athletes at Holcomb High School.Johnson, Longhorns’ quarterback on the football team, has thrown for 967 yards in five games including a 255-yard performance.

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GCHS boys continue winnings ways in XC meet

SALINA - The pattern by now is well established for the Garden City High School cross country teams.Hayden Nemechek, Trevor Fry, Taran Castro and Jayden Smith all finished among the top 10 runners in Saturday’s Salina Central Invitational at Bill Burke Park to lead the Buffs to the team title with 33 points.Meanwhile, senior Cate Wiese continued her weekly improvement in times and places as she took fourth overall with one of only four times under 20 minutes for the 5,000-meter run.Nemechek won the boys’ division with a time of 15:33.47 to nip Junction City’s Ethan Fontaine, who clocked in at 15:34.60.

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