Sports

The Eureka Tornado cross country team traveled to Oxford to run at Napa Walla Park last Thursday, September 21, where all high school Tornado runners came home with hardware.

Eureka volleyball C-team recently competed at Neodesha and hosted Olpe for action on Thursday of last week.

Eureka Junior High Volleyball hosted a tournament at home on Saturday, September 16. Match scores were as follows: Eureka A/B vs. Yates Center 23-25, 5-25; Eureka vs. Yates Center C/D 18-25, 17-25; Eureka vs. Douglass C/D 16-25, 2225; Eureka vs. Iola A/B 25-15, 9-25, 15-7.

Eureka high school volleyball went 0-2 at Bluestem last Tuesday, September 19, moving into this week of action with a 3-15 overall record.

The Madison Bulldogs move into the fifth week of action with a 4-0 record, after defeating Maranatha Christian Academy 60-14 last Friday night during their homecoming event.

Eureka football traveled to Osage City last Friday night, but the Tornadoes didn’t come to play and lost the game, 0-61.

The West Elk Patriot football team traveled to Central Burden last Friday, September 15, where the Patriots fell, 28-48.

The Eureka Junior High Tornado football team lost to the Humboldt Cubs 6-50 Thursday night at home. The Tornadoes were never really in the game, as the Cubs returned the opening kick-off for a touchdown. Eureka was never able to move the ball and was also not able to cope with the Cubs’ superior speed when on defense.

Monday, September 11, Tornado Golf traveled to Caney to participate in tournament play. As a team, the Tornadoes claimed 5th with a combined score of 444.