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The Chargers upset the Smith Center Redmen, ranked #2 by KPreps in 1A, Friday, 40-38. “I’m very proud of the players, they fought hard, battled back and won a tough game,” head coach Jess Rutledge said.
Cross Country competes at home, tennis finds doubles success and volleyball gets back on track in this week's sports briefs.
Cross country and football had successful weeks at Northern Heights and Jefferson County North.
After a run of more than 30 years, Dave Breiner has retired from his position as the WHS football announcer.
Check out the highlights from last week's Charger sports.
All four fall sports were in action last week. Check out updates on each team.
After its first winning season in 24 years, the Charger football team is looking to continue its success. “We remind the boys that last year is behind us,” coach Jess Rutledge said. “We have a very good season in front of us but we have to take advantage of those opportunities in order to continue to build on the momentum we established last year.”
Cross country looks to reload after its girls earned a sixth-place finish at state in 2021.
Charger tennis opened the season Thursday with a third place finish behind Topeka and Wamego at the Wamego invite.
Charger volleyball hosted the Amy Schutter Invitational Tournament Saturday going 2-3, and finishing 4th out of 8 teams. “We got off to a great start against some good competition,” head coach Chris Smart said. I think we found out a lot about ourselves and some things we need to work on.
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