MANHATTAN — The third time was the charm for the Sterling girls. Having lost to Garden Plain at the Class 2A state tournament each of the past two years, the Black Bears finally vanquished their ...

Garden Plain basketball preview December – 2, Cheney; 6, Hesston; 8-9, at Hesston tournament; 13, at Conway Springs; 17, Bennington (B) at McPherson; Sterling (G) at McPherson.

Garden Plain took the lead on Nicholas Dooley’s 73-yard run with 5:49 left in the third quarter. ... who came to the Swathers from Sterling after Clint Rider took the job at Blue Valley Northwest.