WPHS falls hard to St. John

On Tuesday, the Western Plains High School Bobcats basketball teams made the journey to St. John to take on the St. John High School Tigers.

Both the Lady Bobcats and the Bobcat Boys were defeated. The girls lost 78-16, and the boys fell 79-22.

For the girls, the only scorers were junior Britny Pfannenstiel with 11 points and junior Beth Lutters with four.

For the boys, seniors Shane Corsair and Eric Dysinger led the way with nine each. Juniors Chase Rein and Joel Hernandez each had two.

On Friday both teams will travel to Dighton to take on the Dighton High School Hornets.

Middle school boys split with Thunderbirds

On Jan. 18, the Western Plains Junior High Bobcat Boys hosted the Quiviria Heights Thunderbirds in Bazine.

The A-Team Bobcats lost, 40-30.

Eighth grader Dray Carson led the Cats in scoring, putting 17 of the total points by himself.

Eighth graders Juan Mendez and Blake Huxman rounded out the scoring. Huxman had nine, and Mendez had four.

In B-Team action, the Bobcats earned a win.

They beat Quiviria Heights, 35-21.

For this match, more Bobcats got in on the scoring.

Seventh grader Joseph Bonelli had a team-high 16 points. Sixth grader Daniel Hair was close on Bonelli’s heels with 15 points.

Eighth grader Austin Schwindt and seventh grader Dakota Banes each contributed two points.

Tentative football roster announced

Western Plains High School is proud to announce it has 21 students signed up to play football next season.
These numbers include current eighth graders who will be freshman next year.
No positions have been determined at this time. During the first week of practice, every player will have the opportunity to vie for the position they [...]

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Healy downs WPHS boys

The Western Plains High School Bobcat Boys were looking to get their first win Tuesday when they traveled to Healy High School, but it didn’t happen.
The Healy Eagles beat the Bobcats, 68-36.
Senior Eric Dysinger had 12 points, and senior Shane Corsair had 11. Junior Chase Rein had six and freshman Casey Kraus had five. Sophomore [...]

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