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The Eureka Tornado High School wrestling team hosted their 30th annual invitational over the weekend. Several ranked and 2023 state placers competed at the annual event that was held in two gyms on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Eight Eureka Tornado high school wrestlers made the short trip to Leon last Tuesday, Jan. 16, for the Bluestem Jamboree. Three Tornadoes claimed top honors, one was named runner-up, three placed third and one placed fourth.

The West Elk Patriot basketball teams competed in the SCBL Tournament last week, at Cowley County, where the Lady Patriots claimed third place and the Patriot boys placed fifth.

Junior High Tornado Basketball competed at home last Wednesday, Jan. 17 where they faced the Cherryvale Chargers.

The Eureka Tornadoes played in the annual Hillsboro basketball tournament this past week in Hillsboro. The Tornadoes opened tournament play with a 14-65 loss to Holcomb. The game was as lopsided as the score, as the Tornadoes had 12 turnovers in the first quarter against the Holcomb press. In addition, the Holcomb cagers shot the ball very well, and the Tornadoes couldn’t buy a shot. Between not shooting well and not taking care of the ball, the game was over well before half time.

The Lady Tornado basketball team claimed fifth place at the Trojan Classic Tournament in Hillsboro last week, after they went 2-1 against strong competition. As the seventh seed, Eureka had their work cut out for them with a loaded tournament field. Two of the eight teams were undefeated prior to the three-day competition.

Two Lady Tornado seniors claimed hardware at their final home wrestling invitational last Saturday, Jan. 20.

Efiling restored statewide, reducing paper filings in district courts TOPEKA - Kansas courts reached another milestone this week in their recovery from the October 12 cyberattack that disrupted access to information systems used by courts statewide.

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