Sports

Two Patriots went undefeated at the Hesston Boys Invitational last Saturday, December 9, as junior Creyo Koop and senior Evan Coble claimed championship honors.

The Eureka High School boys basketball team opened their season last Friday night with a 17-67 loss to the Independence Bulldogs. Playing the 4A Bulldogs, on opening night on the road, was a challenge the young Tornadoes were unable to meet. In spite of the lopsided score, however, the Tornadoes came away with some valuable experience that will payoff down the road.

Four Tornado wrestlers traveled to El Dorado on Saturday, December 2, for the 1st Annual Wrestling Tournament, with freshman Mason Hughes placing third.

Three Elk County Wrestlers (ECW) traveled to McPherson last Sunday for the 2023 Girls Mac Town Throwdown. Following are the individual match wins for ECW participants: 6U 37-42: Axl Ellsbury placed 3rd. She won an 11-6 decision over Roxanna Stephens (Abilene Kids Wrestling Club) and won a 13-8 decision over Laina Stringer (MAC Wrestling Club).

The Bulldogs of Madison dominated the Yates Center Wildcats during their season opener last Friday night. Both the Madison girls and boys basketball teams more than quadrupled Yates Center’s score last Friday night.

Going into the LadyCat Duals mixer with nine open weight classes made it difficult for the Lady Tornadoes in their season opener, at Burlington last Friday, December 1. The Lady Tornadoes went 0-5 in dual action and placed eighth at the annual event.

The Eureka Wrestling Club was represented at the 2023 Girls Mac Town Throwdown by three Lady Tornadoes. Following are the individual match wins for EWC participants: 8U 71-77: Elena McCoy placed 7th. She won by fall over Cailey Potter (Great Bend Wrestling) (Fall 2:24).

West Elk Patriot basketball opened their winter season last Friday in Oswego, with both the boys and girls teams coming way with victories.

The West Elk Patriot wrestling teams opened their winter season last Friday, December 1, at the Wildcat Duals in Burlington. Patriot junior Creyo Koop went 5-0 at the tournament and was named to the All-Tournament team. He also pinned the four opponents he faced, with a combined total of 1:05 for the second place finish with the most pins in the fastest time. He won by default against Iola. Taking top honors was Isaiah Lowe of Maize South who pinned all five of his opponents with a combined time of 4:46.