Beth Day

WINFIELD, May 23 -- The Raider boys golf team rose to the top of the leaderboard late this afternoon to take the KSHSAA 4A Golf Title.

The first day of the KSHSAA State Golf Tournaments has ended.

“One of the hardest things to do is to beat a team three times in a row,” Rock Creek head coach Shane Sieben said minutes before his Mustangs took the field in the 4A East Regional championship game against cross county rival Wamego. It would be the third meeting between the two teams this s…

Although the weather made Friday’s regional track meet at Shawnee Mission a little more challenging – forcing a rain delay and eliminating prelim races – Wamego High School qualified for 19 state events and the boys team placed second. The girls were fifth.

Batter Up! The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released the brackets for the state softball tournaments. Area teams are participating in the following tournaments:

“One of the hardest things to do is to beat a team three times in a row,” Rock Creek head coach Shane Sieben said minutes before his Mustangs took the field in the 4A East Regional championship game against cross county rival Wamego. It would be the third meeting between the two teams this s…

WAMEGO, May 16, 2023 – “What a great game!”

For the third time since COVID shut down spring sports in 2020, the Raider boys golf team has emerged as the Regional Champions, winning the tournament Monday in Holton to earn a trip to state.

School records continued to fall last Friday at Concordia, as the Wamego boys won the North Central League Championship with nearly 40 points to spare. The girls team placed fourth.

KSHSAA has announced the regional softball and baseball seedings.

Wamego’s home track triangular meet Friday saw two more Raider records fall.

The Lady Raiders lost their perfect record Monday night at the mitts of Rossville’s Lady Dawgs.

St. Marys on Friday hosted the Ray Kovar Invitational Track meet with several area schools competing.

The Raider boys golf team took on back-to-back challenges last week, winning the Clay Center tournament Thursday, but faltering in nasty weather at Hutchinson Friday.

This year’s Raider track team keeps seeing records fall. Three more went down Friday at Seaman.

The Lady Raider softball team is still perfect on the season, and still atop the east regional standings after downing Marysville 7-0, 10-0, in April 18 home action.

Red Raider baseball is on a roll, and Wamego continued its streak April 18 against the visiting Marysville Bulldogs, winning both games of the double header 15-0, 7-6.

Staff Report

The Raider golf team took advantage of a great golf course last Tuesday in Seneca and shot one of the best team scores ever, according WHS Coach Scott Kitch.

In action Monday night, the USD 320 Board of Education approved the selection of two new head coaches for Wamego High School.

It was windy at the Rock Friday as the Mustangs hosted their home invitational with several area teams attending including Wamego, St. Marys and Rossville.

The Wamego boys 4x800m relay team has positioned itself as tops in the state after placing fourth at last week’s KU Relays.

The Wamego boys golf team had two recent outings.

As a high school basketball coach for 39 years, Troy Hemphill put in thousands and thousands of hours riding in a bright yellow school bus.

The Raider baseball team took a hard hit last Tuesday, dropping both games of a double-header to the visiting Clay Center Tigers, 14-3, 11-0.

Thanks to a pair of wins last Tuesday against the visiting Clay Center Lady Tigers, Wamego’s softball team still holds a perfect 6-0 record.

Rock Creek and Wamego faced off on the diamond last week in the baseball version of the Backyard Brawl, with the Mustangs sweeping the Raiders 7-1 and 13-12.

The Wamego Raider golf team took to their home course last Tuesday to open the 2023 season with a win.

The St. Marys Bears, along with about half of the Wamego Raiders, ran Friday at the 2023 Weishaar Miller Memorial Chapman Invitational.

In the softball edition of this year’s Backyard Brawl between Wamego and Rock Creek – a rematch of the 2022 state tournament opening game the Raiders swept the double header Friday afternoon in explosive fashion.

The Wamego Raiders last Friday took about half its track and field team to the Lawrence Invitational.

The Red Raider baseball team started 2023 Monday on a strong note, downing the visiting Royal Valley Panthers in both games of the opening double header, 3-1 and 11-1.

Wamego softball tallied two wins in Monday’s season opening double header against Royal Valley, struggling to win the first game 3-2 but coming back for a strong 6-0 showing in the second.

Troy Hemphill, who has been a basketball coach at Wamego High School for 35 years, 24 of them with the Raider boys, told his team last Friday he was hanging up his hoops.