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The Eureka Tornadoes played in the annual Marion Classic basketball tournament this past week in Marion. The Tornadoes opened tournament play with a 55-40 loss to Berean Academy. The second game they played was a loss to host Marion High School, 55-41. They lost the third game, to Halstead High School, 73-51. Despite losing every game in the tournament, the Tornado cagers played really well.

The Tornado high school boys wrestling team traveled to Chase County on Friday, December 7, for their second outing of the season.

The Eureka Tornado junior high basketball teams began their 2023-24 season last week, traveling to Neodesha and Leon-Bluestem. The Tornadoes were outmatched by the Neodesha Bluestreaks, but, concluded the week with victories over the Lions of Bluestem.

Multiple Bulldog Football players were named to the eight man-1 all-district football teams. “We are very proud of our Bulldogs who were selected for this list, as many of the coming all state picks for this year will come from our district,” shared Bulldog head coach Nathan Teichgraeber. District 2 is home to this year’s state champions, two sub-state teams and three teams that participated in 8M-1 quarterfinal action.

Last Saturday, December 9, the Eureka Tornado Junior High Basketball teams hosted an A-team tournament with Eureka, Olpe, Douglass and Yates Center all competing.

Members of the Eureka Wrestling Club (EWC) traveled to Emporia on Sunday of this week to compete in the Gene White Memorial.

Members of the Eureka Tornado boys wrestling team traveled to Minneapolis over the weekend for the Jeff Giles Invite.

Eureka’s Lady Tornado high school basketball team took fourth place at the Marion Classic, going 1-2 for the week.

Four Lady Tornado wrestlers traveled to Chase County last Thursday for the Bulldog Women’s Jamboree. The Ladies combined for a record of 7-3 for the day with two going undefeated. Both Harlie Owings (190) and Makyla Gore (235) went undefeated in their brackets to claim top honors. Also representing the Tornadoes were Maela Neill (125) and Victoria Grado (170).