Sports

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Tough act to follow
New Tonganoxie High javelin coach steps into some big shoes
By Benton Smith
March 16, 2010
When former Tonganoxie High javelin coach Dave St. Cyr died this past December, it left more than a void in the hearts of the people who knew him. He also left behind some pretty big shoes to fill.
Lindsay sprinting to WSU
THS senior sprinter signs with Shockers
By Benton Smith
March 16, 2010
It had been months since DJ Lindsay made the decision, but it finally became official Thursday. That’s when the Tonganoxie High senior sprinter signed a letter of intent to join the track team at Wichita State University.
Star forward deals with season-ending injury
By Benton Smith
March 16, 2010
As his teammates ran up and down the floor, attempting to win a spot in the sub-state finals, Keaton Schaffer sat alone in a nearby locker room.
Tonganoxie girls finish 3rd at state powerlifting meet
Mirror staff reports
March 16, 2010
The Tonganoxie High powerlifting team wrapped up a successful 2010 season at the Class 4A state championship March 6 in Abilene.
Tonganoxie wrestling roundup
Mirror staff reports
March 16, 2010
Former Tonganoxie High wrestler Cameron Adcox was named an all-American by the National Collegiate Wrestling Association after placing third at the NCWA national tournament this past weekend in Hampton, Va.
Smith: Midwest not an easy road to Final 4
Plenty of obstacled for Jayhawks
By Benton Smith
March 16, 2010
By Thursday afternoon, March Madness will officially be here. But Kansas University men’s basketball fans probably started feeling early onset madness Sunday night, when the brackets were announced.
Early exit: Chieftains eliminated without Schaffer
By Benton Smith
March 9, 2010
Tonganoxie High’s boys basketball team rolled into its sub-state semifinal poised to knock off No. 1 seed Pleasant Ridge. Instead, just 7:17 into their second playoff game, the course of the Chieftains’ postseason was altered completely.
Smith: Untimely injury didn’t seem fair
By Benton Smith
March 9, 2010
Sometimes sports just aren’t fair. Basketball was downright cruel to the boys of Tonganoxie High on Friday night.
Spring sports practices begin free of winter’s ice and snow
By Benton Smith
March 9, 2010
Even though it’s still technically winter, it almost felt like spring outside this past week. Nobody was happier with that development than spring sports coaches at Tonganoxie High.
Maus was THS statistical leader
Mirror staff reports
March 9, 2010
Not surprisingly, Tonganoxie High senior wrestler Jeremie Maus finished the year as the team’s leader in nearly every statistical category.
Huseman honored by KU
Mirror staff reports
March 9, 2010
Men’s cross country runner and Tonganoxie native Levi Huseman was among Kansas University student-athletes named to the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for 2009.
Minus leading scorer, THS loses semifinal
Chieftains’ season ends with Schaffer sidelined
By Benton Smith
March 5, 2010
A routine drive to the basket altered the postseason fortunes of Tonganoxie High’s boy’s basketball team in a Class 4A sub-state semifinal Friday night.
Medal marks end of Maus’ time as prep
Hand has eye-opening state experience
By Benton Smith
March 2, 2010
It was far from a dream-sequence ending, but the emotions of the moment following the culmination of his prep career still overwhelmed Tonganoxie High senior wrestler Jeremie Maus.
Bulldogs eliminated in postseason opener
Mirror staff reports
March 2, 2010
McLouth High’s girls basketball season came to an end Tuesday night with a 40-22 loss in the first round of sub-state.
Chieftains cruise to sub-state semis
THS routs Atchison in postseason opener
By Benton Smith
March 2, 2010
There wasn’t much drama to be found in the sub-state opener for Tonganoxie High’s boys basketball team. That was fine with the Chieftains, whose Tuesday performance against Atchison could be described with another D-word: dominating.

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