Sports

For just the third time in school history, the Eureka Lady Tornadoes competed in the State Championship Tournament on Wednesday, March 6 at the United Wireless Arena in Dodge City. In the opening round, Eureka faced the second seeded Pittsburg Colgan Panthers after drawing the seventh seed in the tournament. Although the Tornadoes had an excellent first half, they couldn’t recover from runs made by the Panthers in the third quarter. Eureka lost 50-66, capping off their 19-5 season.

Two Marshall Elementary students, in Eureka, will continue their wrestling season as they placed in the top five at the Kansas Heartland Duals Qualifier. Sixth graders Felix Neill and Adleigh Ray placed fourth and fifth, respectively, and will represent Eureka at the Kansas Heartland Duals later this month.

The Fancy Mustang 4-H Club held their monthly meeting on February 7 at the Neal Community Building. Gabe Oltman reported the club will do concessions at the Flint Hills Classic. Small animal weigh-in is April 20. Sydney Lindamood report-ed the club will be selling Kansas Made Pastries to raise money for fair ground improvements. The Club participated in model meeting at County 4-H Days on Feb. 10. Jersey Cox and Lylly Stapleford received mugs for getting a purple on their historian book from the last 4-H year. S. Lindamood gave a presentation on quilling and Henry and Charlie Lindamood gave a presentation on how to make corn hole boards. The club also met for a joint meeting with the Harmony Sunflowers on March 3.

With the pool season fast approaching, the Eureka Recreation Commission (ERC) is seeking applicants for the pool director position at Eureka Aquatic Park. During their routine monthly meeting, last Wednesday, Feb. 28, ERC Chairman Austin Evenson shared that current Director Laura Neill had expressed she would no longer be serving in that capacity. The ERC has opened the position and is accepting applications through March 15. See related ad on page 6 for more information.

For the third time in school history, the Lady Tornadoes basketball team punched their ticket to the state basketball tournament. The Lady Tornadoes went 3-0 at the Pleasanton 2A Sub-State Tournament claiming Back-To-Back Sub-State titles.

The first ever Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA) Kansas Shrine Duals will be held on Sunday, March 17 and two area wrestlers will be featured in the event. The event will be held at Newman University’s Fugate Gymnasium, in Wichita.

Nine Elk County Wrestling (ECW) club members punched their ticket to the state contest this weekend in Topeka, as they placed in the top four at the District 2 Championships held in Mulvane last Saturday, March 2.

The Lady Tornado basketball team punched their ticket to the State Basketball tournament for the second season in a row, and for the third time in school history. Last week, they went 3-0 during the Pleasanton 2A Sub-State Tournament, defeating Pleasanton, Prairie Village Kansas City Christian and Shawnee- Maranatha Christian.

The Madison boys basketball team went 2-1 at the Rosalia-Flinthills 1ADI Sub-State last week to finish the tournament as the Runner- Up.