Sports

With hopes of fielding a team for a traveling youth softball team, Eureka residents Austin Evenson and Isaac Boone held tryouts and organized a Tornado Softball 8U team. The team is comprised of 10 players from Eureka and one each from Leon, Madison and Toronto.

The Kansas High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) announced post season play locations last week. The following are locations for area teams:

The Eureka Junior High Tornadoes football team finished their 2023 season with a 28-6 victory over the Bluestem Lions Thursday night at Leon. The Tornadoes played their best game of the season, showing great improvement from the opening game as the younger kids were able to play a substantial amount. Because of the blowout nature of the score, the Eureka eighth graders were not able to play as much as they wanted but they did finish well.

The following are results for area teams at contests last week. Additional details from the contests were unavailable at the time of publication.

Last week, the Kansas High School Activities Association announced the 2024 and 2025 Football District Assignments.

The Eureka Junior High Tornado football team finished their home schedule with an 8-46 loss to the Cherryvale Chargers. The Tornadoes went into the game knowing this would be a major challenge as Cherryvale was undefeated and had an average margin of victory over their opponents of over 40 points. Knowing this didn’t help; however, as the bigger and much faster Chargers dominated the game.

The Eureka Tornado cross country team hosted their annual invitational last Wednesday, at the Eureka Country Club.

The Eureka Tornadoes fell to Pomona-West Franklin, 6-42. Eureka will host Council Grove this Friday, for Parent’s Night. The Tiny Tornadoes will also perform.

On September 15, a total of six teams gathered at Eureka City Park for a round-robin style softball tournament, hosted by Warhorse Petroleum. The tournament began at 8 a.m. and moved into bracket play at 4:30 p.m., with the tournament concluding at 12:30 a.m.