Tonganoxie boys soccer drops 2 road matches against 5A teams
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Nolan Gepner pursues the ball during a Frontier League match Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, at Beatty Field. THS defeated Paola, 3-2, in overtime.The bus ride went from several minutes to a handful of hours in two road trips this past week for the Tonganoxie High boys soccer team.
Tonganoxie traveled Wednesday, Oct. 14 to Basehor for a match against the Basehor-Linwood Wildcats and then headed way out west for a Saturday match against the Hays Indians.
Coming off an emotional 3-2 overtime victory in Oct. 13’s Senior Night victory against Paola, the Chieftains faced BLHS the next day, but couldn’t get back-to-back victories. The Bobcats won, 2-0, and improved to 3-10-1.
THS wasn’t able to generate any goals during the weekend tilt and also fell to Hays, 4-0. HHS improved 10-3-2, while Tonganoxie fell to 5-9-1.
The Chieftains will finish up the regular season Thursday in Topeka against Seaman. The Vikings are 5-9 on the year.
When THS wraps up play Thursday, they will have ended the regular season with matches against three straight Class 5A teams before entering the 4-1A playoffs later this month. Tonganoxie enters the final week of the regular season as the No. 10 seed in the 4-1A East Bracket.