Sports

HIGH ON VOLLEYBALL – This is Tori Rawlings. We are very excited to get our season started. We had a busy summer. We traveled to the Bolivar Tournament in June and finished the day 3-2 with our two losses coming from a talented Carthage team. We then went to the Licking Team Camp in Joplin

HUNTER TAKES SECOND – A very stacked and talented Open Hard Kata division was up next and each medalist had to fight thru eight hard rounds af Forms. Hunter (right) won his Kata match in the Semi Finals four flags to one, but in the finals lost to eventual national champion Oscar Del La Press

Karate students representing El Dorado Springs Karate Club travelled and competed at Karate Events this past weekend. These competitors represented not just themselves and their Club but also their community. We are so very proud of them. Their continued dedication and hard work is delivering great rewards in the way of tournament awards, but more

On Friday two more Team VDK Elite members, their families and coach travelled to Des Moines, Iowa to competed in the AAU Jr. Olympics. Elite Members Jacey Swopes and Hunter Malensek has been training very hard and competing against the best traditional karate competitors in the nation this year as they have been competing on

On Saturday, July 28, we hosted our annual adult-youth golf tournament at Gene Pray memorial golf course. This is probably our favorite tournament of the year as we have kids from 6 to 15 years old playing a nine hole scramble with an adult. There was some excellent golf played by both the young golfers

WHIRLWIND KARATE CLASSIC – by Renshi Van Dyk. Students representing El Dorado Springs Karate Club traveled to Tulsa, OK to competed in the Whirlwind Karate Classic hosted by Denise and Larry Wells and sanctioned by NASKA-Midwest Sport Karate Association. As always competitors from all over the mid-west region was present to compete in a tournament

NATIONALS READY – The El Dorado Christian School Track teams embarked on a two-day trip to Liberty May 9 and 10 to compete in the 2018 Homeschool Nationals hosted by William Jewell University.  There were approximately 700 athletes, some traveling from as far away as Hawaii.  The opening evening on the 9th consisted of; the

SILVER SUN SHOWDOWN – Members of Van Dyk’s Karate here in El Dorado Springs traveled to St. Louis to compete in the Silver Sun Showdown a North American Sport Karate Association and Pro-Mac Sanctioned event. This tournament has been going strong for over 20 years and draws martial arts competitors from all over the nation.

WYATT GRAVES IN ALL-STAR GAME – On Friday, June 1, Wyatt Graves, wearing blue #61, represented his home town El Dorado Springs Bulldogs and Cedar County in the Sertoma All Star Football Game. This was a game made up of 80 seniors from Missouri broken into the East and West teams. Wyatt had to be