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  • Redskins Go Back to the Future with Win Over Carroll

    The two long time rivals Bishop Carroll and Liberal shared a football field for the first time since 2013 Friday night. The former district 8 foes met in the first round of the 5A playoff Friday night with the Redskins winning 17-6 at Gary Cornelsen Sports Complex. It was Liberal’s first win over the Eagles since 2003, Gary Cornelsen’s last year as head coach. The Skins started fast on offense as Xavier Porras raced 50 yards into the southeast endzone for a score on the opening drive and a 7-0 lead. That was the score after one quarter. Liberal fumbled and Carroll recovered in Redskin territory. Max Holman tipped a BCHS pass into the arms of Adan Amador for an interception at the goal line. The Redskins drove the ball all the way from the one to the Carroll five, but settled for a 22 yard field goal by Horacio Casas to take a 10-0 lead at halftime. Landon Martinez blocked a punt setting up the Redskins in great field position. A Xavier Porras one yard touchdown made it 17-0 with 5:34 to play. The Eagles got on the scoreboard when Jonah Mull zipped a touchdown pass to Nick Wineland to make it 17-6 after Andy Nguyen blocked the PAT. Adan Amador intercepted a deep ball to secure the win for the Redskins. Amador was Epic Touch Player of the Game. The Angry Red defense stood tall holding Carroll to 14 carries for 17 yards. The Eagles had 102 yards of offense. The Redskins had 360 yards. James Fieser had nine catches for 115 yards. Xavier Porras logged 36 carries for 162 yards. Xavier Tafoya had 13 carries for 75 yards. Tevin Cotter was 13-19 for 143. Xavier Tafoya led the Skins with seven tackles. Bishop Carroll finishes 2-7. The Eagles had won eight straight in a series Liberal leads 23-12. The Redskins are 7-2. They win playoff games back to back seasons for the first time since 2003 and 2004. Liberal plays at 7-2 Hutchinson Friday night at 7pm with Redskin Pre-game on 1270 and 92.3. Liberal is 0-5 against the Salt Hawks.

    Originally published Saturday 2 November 2024

  • Kelby Gets the Call Up

    Former Saint and Bee Jay Kelby Tomlinson played in his first Major League Baseball game for the San Francisco Giants Monday night in Atlanta. He got a hit in his first MLB at bat. He had been playing for Triple A Sacramento. Tomlinson becomes the first Seward County player to play in a regular season MLB game. The Liberal resident played for Seward in 2009 and 2010 and for the Bee Jays in 2010 and shortly in 2011.
    Tomlinson burst onto the scene with the Saints in 2010 when he hit .353 with 13 doubles, 6 triples, and 6 home runs while stealing 28 bases for Seward’s conference championship club. He was an all American. The Elgin, Oklahoma native hit 274 as a freshman.
    Tomlinson was the shortstop of a Bee Jay team in 2010 which went 38-14 and won the NBC championship. He hit .337 for that team with one home run, 30 RBI’s, 12 doubles, four triples, and was 41-43 in stolen bases. He played shortly for the Bee Jays in 2011 before signing a pro contract.

    Original post date Tuesday 04 August 2015

  • Littell Gets Hall of Fame call

    Former Lady Saints head coach Jim Littell will be inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame. From 1991-2005 Littell won 87 percent of his games with a record of 418-61. He was the 2001 WBCA Coach of the Year after Seward went 33-1.

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  • Second Half Surge Leads Lady Saints Over Colby

    Toby Wynn said he was surprised people in the Colby Community Building gym didn’t hear him yelling at halftime. He wasn’t happy with his team’s first half effort as they trailed Colby (8-17, 3-8) 27-26 at halftime. But the Lady Saints played a solid second half and won their third straight at Colby 73-46. Seward hit just 10 of 27 free throws and made 33 percent of their field goals in the win. Amanda Pierson led Seward with 17 points and seven rebounds. Vanessa Simmons added 12 points and six rebounds. Rachel Barnes scored 11 points and pulled down six rebounds. LaNell Taylor and Vaneza Junior scored 10 a piece. The Lady Saints improve to 20-5 overall and 8-3 in the Jayhawk West. Seward goes to Pratt Wednesday for a 6 pm tip off on B107.5 and kscb.net.

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  • Saints Top Colby without Sigala

    Seward County head basketball coach Bryan Zollinger said after the game that his team played with heavy hearts Saturday night in their 85-67 win over Colby. Seward guard Robert Sigala didn’t make the trip to Colby after his 13 year old brother passed away Friday losing a short bout with cancer. Sigala wasn’t in Colby but was on his teamates’ minds. Many wore red wrist bands before the game to remember their teamates’ little brother. Seward improves to 19-6 overall and 6-5 in the Jayhawk West and sits alone in fourth place. Colby who had won two straight home games over Hutch and Cloud led 20-13 in the first half behinds 6′ post Shamar Acuay who would scored 30 points and grab nine rebounds. The Saints would take a 34-28 lead into the lockeroom at halftime. Seward’s own mighty mite Marquez Patterson led the Saints with a career high 27 points. Marcus James added 18 points and 13 rebounds in the win. Thijin Moses popped in 13 and Tony Smith added 12. Seward out-rebounded their first Jayhawk West opponent 32-31. Colby falls to 5-20 overall and 3-8 in the Jayhawk West. The Saints go to Pratt to play the Beavers Wednesday night at 8 pm in Lesh Arena. The game will air on B107.5 and kscb.net.

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  • Local athlete loses battle with cancer

    Thirteen year old Tony Sigala of Kismet lost his short battle with cancer passing away Friday morning in a Wichita hospital. Sigala had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and had spent the past several weeks in the hospital.

    The news of the death has saddened the area as numerous fundraisers are being held to help the family.

    Sigala was an 8th grader at Southwestern Heights and participated in many athletic events.

    An autopsy will be performed on Monday. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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  • Redskins travel to Great Bend for hoops action

    The Liberal Skins and Lady Skins travel to Great Bend to Play a pair of crucial WAC games in Panther stadium. Liberal will enter the girls game with a 2-0 WAC record and are 12-1 on the season. The skins take a 11-2 record into its matchup against the always tough Panthers.

    The girls game starts at 6:30 with the boys game to follow. Listen to both games with Brock Kappelmann on 1270 KSCB.

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  • Fundraisers to assist youth with cancer

    Thirteen year old Tony Sigala, an 8th grader at Southwestern Heights Junior High, remains in a hospital in Wichita after being diagnosed with a mysterious cancer that strickened him in recent weeks. The triple threat athlete at SWH had exploratory surgery and the cancer is believed to be confined in the colon. Doctors are mystified what type of cancer it is and the are unable to pinpoint at this time was caould aid in healing the problems.

    Fundraisers are underway in the Plains and Kismet areas to help the Sigala family in defraying the costs of mainly traveling expenses to and from Wichita.

    Organizers are selling red T-Shirts with the phrase “Tony’s Team” and will be sold at the SWH-Stantion County game Friday at Heights. Bake sales and other events are expected in the future to aid the cause.

    Seward County Broadcasting willl donate proceeds from advertisers monies collected to broadcast SWH-Elkhart games February 20th. All Proceeds received after expenses will be given to the family.

    Robert Sigala, brother of Tony, is a freshman and reserve player for the Seward County Saints basketball team. Some members of the team are wearing a red wrist band in honor of Roberts brother.

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