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Boys roundup: Schomacker’s 39 points help Cheney beat Conway Springs

Gabe Schomacker scored 39 points, including a basket to force overtime, and Cheney won a Central Plains League boys basketball game 77-71 over host Conway Springs in two overtimes on Tuesday night. Full Story →

Independent rolls into 3A playoffs

Independent football coach Jarrod Hibler has talked a lot this season about the intangible qualities of his team. But a punt return touchdown by Trey Williams happens much more quickly and has just as much to do with the Panthers’ success. Full Story →

Football roundup, box scores: Eisenhower’s all-time record is 1-0

Eisenhower 22, Clearwater 20 — Eisenhower High was a winner in its first football game, taking the lead late on Jacob Richardson’s 64-yard touchdown from quarterback Trevor Hughes. Full Story →

Other Central Plains League teams

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2012 Bluestem football schedule

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Boys roundup: Ellis scores 25 as Heights handles South

Heights’ boys won their 61st consecutive game Friday, hitting visiting South with an early knockout punch 85-65, clinching the outright City League basketball championship for a fourth straight season. Full Story →

Girls roundup: Bachrodt, Kapaun beat North

Freshman guard Sam Bachrodt scored 19 points, including three three-pointers, to lead Kapaun Mount Carmel past North 71-50 in a City League girls basketball game at North on Friday night. Full Story →

Northwest falls on Lawrence three-pointer

Lawrence junior Shane Willoughby hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, his only field goal of the game, to cap a comeback and lead Lawrence past Wichita Northwest 57-56 in the first round of the Topeka Invitational on Thursday night. Full Story →

Friday’s area boys basketball roundup (Jan. 13)

Zach Bush scored 21 points to lead Goddard Eisenhower of Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division II to a 45-41 victory over host Campus of the league’s top division on Friday night in Haysville. Full Story →

Boys basketball roundup: Campus snaps skid; Andover, Central win

Campus snapped a two-game losing streak, winning at Salina South 58-49. Full Story →

Girls basketball roundup: North, Carroll pick up victories at Koch Arena

Quantity over quality at the free-throw line helped South’s girls basketball team to a 44-38 victory over North on Friday night in a City League game at Koch Arena. Full Story →