Football
Holcomb football makes quick work of Ulysses
Sometimes you have a night where almost everything goes right.Holcomb High School running back Korbin Johnson had that happen Friday night against Ulysses in the Longhorns’ home opener.Last week at Cimarron, the Longhorn junior rushed for 49 yards on eight carries.
Holcomb’s Korbin Johnson coming into his own on gridiron
They have grown up with their hand clutching a football since they could literally clutch a football.“I would say that we are definitely gonna be the first ones to tell each other if we need to fix something,” Holcomb High School senior quarterback Keegan Johnson said of his brother, Korbin.
Scott City’s Rumford commits to K-State football
SCOTT CITY - As a little boy, Jackson Rumford dreamed of someday playing college football for the Kansas State Wildcats.“It’s awesome committing to purple, it’s so big time and I love that it’s in my home state,” the 6-foot-6, 260-pound Scott City High senior said of his commitment to play at K-State next fall.“It’s amazing!
Buffaloes escape with win at Heights, 14-13
WICHITA - Sometimes, it is better to be late than never.Perhaps that is the way the Garden City High School football felt after waiting three-and-a-half hours to finish its Friday night football game on the road at Wichita Heights.The wait was more than worth it as the Buffs held Heights quarterback Zane Masterson short of the goal line on an attempted potential winning 2-point conversion with just 0:34 remaining to survive with a 14-13 triumph at Heights Stadium.The game came to a dramatic ending at 12:31 a.m.“It was certainly a strange night, and not the first time we’ve had an interruption to a game,” GCHS head coach Brian Hill said.
GCCC football routs Ellsworth, 69-3
Garden City Community College first-year coach Kiyoshi Harris made his intentions very clear during the week: leave no doubt on Saturday.
Holcomb uses balanced attack in win over Cimarron
CIMARRON – After a first week loss to their nemesis, Cheney, the Holcomb High School football team bounced back for a win Friday night at Cimarron, 34-13.Holcomb racked up 20 points in the opening quarter then seven more in the second, while its defense shut down Cimarron, to take a 27-0 lead into halftime.
GCCC claims OT win at Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE - Shamareon “BoBo” McKinnon took a rather arduous path to Garden City.
GCHS football struggle to find answers to Olathe NW
OLATHE - Two weeks into the 2024 football season and veteran Garden City High School coach Brian Hill is still searching for answers to the mystery of his Buffaloes squad.Just one week after giving up 57 points to Manhattan in a 57-21 home opening loss, the Buffs hit the road to Olathe Northwest to face a Ravens team that went 2-7 a year ago and lost its opener to Olathe East, 13-10.But there was no magic for the Buffs on the road, giving up 22 points in the second quarter after trailing only 7-0 at the end of the first quarter and the Ravens went on to a 36-14 triumph.The miscues, which had plagued the Buffs against No.
Buffaloes struggle in opening loss to Manhattan
What head coach Brian Hill had hoped for never materialized in the Garden City High School football opener Friday night at Buffalo Stadium.The final score of 57-21 against another highly-regarded Manhattan Indian team doesn’t tell the entire story as the Buffs saw the final 24 minutes of the second half include a running clock.That came about after trailing 57-0 at halftime when the 45-point rule went into effect just before the break.