McPherson, Kan. — If McPherson High’s softball team needed to validate what is now a record-tying season, Thursday’s triangular sweep of Great Bend and Campus should be the clincher.

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Bullpups tie for most school wins

The Hesston High School boys’ tennis team placed second out of 10 teams Thursday at the Andover Invitational.

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Swather netters second at Andover

The Newton High School girls’ swimming team claimed a first- and second-place team finish Thursday at a meet in Salina.

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Railer swimmers finish 1-2 at meet

PPD., WEATHER — Kansas Wesleyan's Kansas Conference softball doubleheader against Sterling, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed for the second time this week because of wet grounds.

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County roundup 4-5-2012

Parking for Saturday's Saline County Republican presidential caucus will be in the south lot at Salina Central High School, Saline County Republican Chairman Clarke Sanders said Thursday.

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Parking designated for county Republican caucus

Signs around Salina Central High School remind students that the building is a “hat-free zone” during the school day, but exceptions were being made Tuesday for members of the girls' basketball team, which is headed to state playoffs starting Thursday in Topeka.

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'It's a great feeling'

After 16 consecutive postseason losses, the Salina Central girls' basketball team wasn't about to take any chances, even though the outcome of Thursday's Class 5A sub-state game against Goddard Eisenhower wasn't really in doubt.

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Central ends sub-state slide, routs Goddard Eisenhower

Carried aloft by the stock market’s stunning New Year’s rally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,000 on Thursday for the first time ever.

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A Look Back

Debaters from Salina South High School competed Thursday at the novice tournament at Salina Central.

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Salina South debaters compete

McPherson, Kan. — The other shoe dropped on Thursday. Another fallout of McPherson High’s decreasing enrollment numbers is that MHS will drop to Division III of the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League for the 2012-13 school year.

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MHS drops down to D-III for 2012-13