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JASON EPP

   • Leader & Times

TURPIN, Okla.—Friday night was a tale of contrasting styles as the quick and shifty Turpin Cardinals took on the big and lumbering Garber Wolverines. The Cardinals speed and big plays prevailed, 28-16.

The Cardinal offense racked up 324 yards of offense on just 32 plays to average over 10 yards per play. Big plays played a huge part in that with Turpin only tallying 11 first downs. The defense stood strong against a Garber team that was bigger at virtually every position, holding them to 206 yards and 15 first downs.

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Monday night, the Lady Warriors opened the basketball season with a home game versus the Lady Hawks of Horace Good.

The Lady Warriors struggled with finishing their shots and getting offensive rebounds. At the end of the first half the Lady Warriors were down 17-9.

The ladies played hard in the second half but it wasn't enough and lost 36-13. 

Leading scorers for the Lady Warriors was Vanessa Mendoza with six points, and Bella Torres had four.

Leading rebounders were Vanessa Mendoza with nine and Cecilia Holder had six.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Thursday evening started by recognizing several seniors prior to the regular season finale against Dodge City, but the Battle for the Bell turned out to favor the Red Demons in a 4-0 Liberal loss.

The Redskins struggled to keep the ball away from their goal early in the game, and the Red Demons were able to get a score in the first seven minutes to take a 1-0 lead.

The Redskins had a pair of chances to get a score and tie the game, but both shots on goal were thwarted, and Liberal again struggled to get the ball back to the Red Demon side of the field.

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The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division 1 women's basketball preseason poll has been released, and the Lady Saints have been picked to finish seventh ahead of the 2025-26 season.

Seward is picked to finish seventh in the 13-team league. Reigning Region 6 and KJCCC champion Dodge City was picked to repeat followed by Hutchinson and Coffeyville in second and third.