McPherson 51 Abilene Cowboys 30 The Abilene Cowboy’s Season came to an end Monday night at home against McPherson in the opening round of the 4A State Boy’s Basketball Tournament. McPherson despite having their worst record in 38 years at 13-10, has advanced to the Final Four. They have guaranteed themselves no worse than a 3rd place finish. There will be no 3rd place game this y...
Abilene Cowboys 38 Concordia 34 The Abilene Cowboys beat the Concordia Panthers for a third time in less than a month but it was far from easy. Abilene also defeated Concordia 59-57 on February 8 and 49-33 February 25. Friday’s victory looked like it would be more like the second match-up, a game in which Abilene got up by as many as 24 points. With the victory, the Cowboys advanced to ...
Concordia 57 Abilene Cowgirls 52 The Abilene Cowgirls season came to an end Wednesday night at Concordia High School, in the opening round of Sub-State. It was the rubber match between the two NCKL rivals. Concordia defeated Abilene 43-36 in overtime on December 18. The Cowgirls then put together their best performance of the season last Thursday in a 35-21 victory over the Lady...
Abilene Cowboys 28 Chapman 20 The Abilene Cowboys defeated their Dickinson County rival for a 16th straight time but it was far from easy. Chapman used a strategy to shorten the game in which they held on to the ball on the offensive end as long as possible. The strategy nearly worked. The Irish trailed 4-0 at the end of the first quarter and 10-6 at halftime. Chapman outsc...
113 Tucker Cell 1st Place Cell, a Freshman, entered the 2021 State Wrestling Tournament with a lot of hype and he did not disappoint. Cell pinned Junior, Kolten Misener just 1:06 into the Championship match. Misener, finished 2nd last year at 113 to Devon Weber of Pratt. He was 32-0 entering the Championship match and ranked #1 in all classificiations. Cell was was in control of the mat...
109 Skyleigh Pflaster 2nd Place The Abilene Senior, ended her career with her best finish at State. She placed 4th in her three previous trips. She went 2-1 on Friday and finished the season with a 13-3 record. Pflaster opened the tournament with a victory over 5th ranked Reece Clements of Chanute. Clements, a Freshman, entered the tournament with a 24-6 record. Pflaster pinned Clemen...
Abilene Cowgirls 35 Concordia 21 The Abilene Cowgirls put together their finest performance of the season in their home victory over Concordia. Abilene has struggled with turnovers all season. They had averaged 24 per game but only turned over the ball, unofficially, 15 times in the victory over the Lady Panthers. The Cowgirls also have had issues with starting out games slowl...
Abilene Cowgirls 38 Chapman Lady Irish 20 The Chapman Lady Irish were the perfect medicine for an Abilene team desperate for a victory Friday night, in Chapman. The Cowgirls used a suffocating defense on their way to the season sweep of Chapman. The Lady Irish managed just 4 combined points in the second and third quarters. Chapman Freshman, Elyssa Frieze hit a three-pointer at...
Clay Center Lady Tigers 52 Abilene 19 Abilene pushed the Lady Tigers in a January 15, 34-21 loss at Clay Center but the Cowgirls were no match for the Clay Center Friday night. The Lady Tigers are ranked #2 in the state in Class 4A and look every bit the part. They led 17-6 at the end of the first quarter but the Cowgirls finished the first half on a 6-0 run and ...
Hays Lady Indians 38 Abilene Cowgirls 22 The Abilene Cowgirls got off to a fast start in the opening quarter in their loss to Hays. Joy Clemence hit a three-pointer to give Abilene a 7-2 lead with 5:26 to play in the first quarter. The excitement was short-lived though, Hays countered with a 14-0 run to finish the quarter and led 17-7 as the two teams headed to the second. Abilene and ...
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