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Lady Saints top Lady T-Birds, 73-71

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CONCORDIA – The Seward County Lady Saints opened their conference slate on the road at Cloud County for a third straight year, this time with a different result.

Seward (6-1, 1-0 KJCCC) took down the Cloud County T-Birds (4-2, 0-1) 73-71 in Arley Bryant Gymnasium on Wednesday evening, snapping a three-game losing streak in Concordia.

Reigning KJCCC Player of the Week Avery Marchino had a team-high 26 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists to lead the Lady Saints. A'Neya Chambers had 13 points and six rebounds off the bench while Kimora Fagan added 11 points and Destiny Alexander had 10 points, three rebounds and three steals. Grace Posch filled the stat sheet with five points, six rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks.

Saints, Lady Saints split weekend in New Mexico

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LADY SAINTS – 81

11. NMJC – 84 (OT)

HOBBS, N.M. – A back and forth fourth quarter that eventually pushed into overtime saw the Seward County Lady Saints fall 84-81 to the 11th ranked New Mexico Junior College Thunderbirds for their first loss of the season on Friday evening in the Caster Activity Center.

Seward (4-1) has now played in two overtime games just five games into the 2025-26 season, splitting the two.

The three-point shot kept Seward in the game as they finished 14-31 (45.2 percent) from distance compared to NMJC's 5-19 (26.3 percent) mark.

Seymour Rogers wrestlers show grit and growth in busy week on the mat

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Seymour Rogers wrestling team continued to take important steps forward despite facing some very good teams and giving up multiple open weight classes. They showed steady improvement, strong effort, and had several standout individual performances.

Seymour Rogers opened the day against Garden City Kenneth Henderson, falling 66–20 but earning key wins from Juan Morales, Ili Cruz, and Jacob Vargas, each turning in dominant efforts in their respective matches.

Saints pull away early, keep Frank Phillips at bay for 81-68 win

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The Seward men's basketball team is off to its best start since the 2019-20 season as they moved to 4-0 with an 81-68 win over Frank Phillips College at The Greenhouse on Tuesday evening.

The last time Seward started 4-0 was six seasons ago. Jason Sautter was roaming the sidelines for a team that started 4-0 and finished 17-14. This year's squad, led by first year head coach Austin Downing, never trailed the Frank Phillips Plainsmen (1-3) in the 13-point victory.

Despite being outrebounded 51-36, Seward led by as much as 28 and did not lead by less than double digits in the second half. The Saints forced 25 turnovers scoring 29 points off the takeaways.

Close calls, near misses end season for Redskins in 22-16 playoff loss to Salina South

EARL WATT

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Call it a game of inches or close calls. Either way, the ball didn’t bounce the Redskins’ way in a 22-16 loss to Salina South that ended their season in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Liberal’s first near miss came on the first drive of the game when the Redskins marched the ball to the Cougar 1-yard line in 15 plays but couldn’t score on a fourth and goal run.

On their second drive, the Redskins set up for a 39-yard field goal that sailed wide right.