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Kyler Burks of Beloit, left, seen here with pilot Mark Klein, prepares for his first airplane ride Saturday at the Ellsworth Municipal Airport. The free rides were part of the annual Young Eagle program flown by members of the Ellsworth EAA Chapter 1127. ALAN RUSCH/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Read moreThe Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School Bearcats football team ended their 2021 season Oct. 29 with a 42-0 shutout of the Syracuse Bulldogs in a nonconference game at Syracuse. Here, in a game earlier in the season, the Bearcats sophomore quarterback, Will Cravens, scrambles with the football.LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter
Read moreThe Central Plains Junior-Senior High School Lady Oilers Volleyball Team did not three-peat this past weekend as hoped, after winning the state championship the past two years.
Read moreCALDWELL — It was a long ride back to Claflin for the Central Plains Junior- Senior High School Oilers football team Oct. 28, after they lost on the road 8-57 to the Caldwell Bluejays.
Read moreCLAFLIN — The Central Plains Junior-Senior High School Lady Oilers are headed to State after beating Otis-Bison at home Saturday in the finals of the Class 1A Division substate tournament in Claflin.
Read moreThis past Saturday, the Ellsworth High School cross country boys and girls competed in the 3A regional hosted by Southeast of Saline. The top three teams and top 10 individual runners were guaranteed a trip to the State meet in Wamego.
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Read moreEllsworth senior Nicole Haase ended her high school tennis career Saturday with a second place finish at the 3-2-1A State Tennis Championships at the Maize South High School Tennis Complex at Wichita.
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