Basketball and wrestling seasons will get underway in earnest with area schools either hosting games or on the road for season openers.
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Sedan High School’s baseball team is the class 2A-1A regional champion and will advance to the class 2A-1A state tournament on May 29-30 in Emporia, Kan.

Sedan won the regional tournament by defeating West Elk, 7-6, in the regional championship finale on Tuesday.

Now 17-2, Sedan will enter the class 2A-1A state tournament as the third seed out of eight teams and will take on Humboldt, the sixth seed, in a 6:30 p.m., contest on Friday night, May 29. Read more

Several area schools will send delegates to the state track and field meet at Wichita this Friday and Saturday.

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Sedan High School’s baseball team is the class 2A-1A regional champion and will advance to the class 2A-1A state tournament on May 29-30 in Emporia, Kan.

Sedan won the regional tournament by defeating West Elk, 7-6, in the regional championship finale on Tuesday.

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The West Elk High School men’s basketball team saw its best-ever season come to a halt in the finals of the class 2A sub-state tournament in Udall on Saturday.  West Elk lost to Olpe, 59-41, in the sub-state championship game.  In women’s action, the Cedar Vale/Dexter Lady Spartans had its state tournament dreams dashed by the Olpe Lady Eagles in the finals of the class 2A sub-state tournament. Cedar Vale/Dexter lost to Olpe, 70-46.More details about the class 2A sub-state tournament will be printed in the March 11 edition of the Prairie Star. 

Both the Sedan Blue Devils and West Elk Patriots saw their football seasons come to an end on Tuesday night in the class 2A state playoffs.

Sedan lost to Pittsburg-Colgan, 47-12, while the West Elk team fell to Pleasanton, 45-14.

Sedan and West Elk each finished the season with 2-8 records.

More details will be printed in next week’s Prairie Star.