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Juniors Paige Esry and Payton Babcock and Sophomore Makenzie Melton received academic all state honors for softball. In order to qualify they had to be a sophomore, junior or senior, had to have a GPA between 3.5 and 4.0, they had to start 70% of varsity games (unless injury caused them not to be able

The El Dorado Christian Buffalos placed 2nd overall in the 2017 MOKAN Conference Award presentation on Saturday evening, February 11. Pictured (front row, l to r); assistant coach, Mr. Kevin King, head coach, Mr. Travis Cole, Seth McKinney and Abram Tabor. Back row; Tyler Jackson, Drew Steuck, Elijah Buttorff, Laine Dobbs, and Brayden Housh. photo

WON OWN TOURNAMENT – Here is the picture for our 7th grade Boy’s Basketball ElDo tournament Championship. The El Dorado Springs 7th grade Boy’s Basketball team won 1st place in their home tournament on Saturday, Jan. 7. The Bulldogs defeated Warsaw in the first game of the tournament by a final score of 20-18. The

THE LAST DANCE – Since the El Dorado Springs High School Dance Team performs only during basketball season their season ended Thursday night at half time of the Bulldog Varsity game with Nevada. Dance team members are Kennedi Murdock, Bailey Tyler, Paige Floyd, Emma Meyer, Erica Simrell, Madison Posey, Mikayla Loane, Whitney Boultinghouse, Rebecca Rash,

JUNIOR HIGH BUFFALOS TAKE 3RD AT MOKAN TOURNAMENT – The El Dorado Christian JH Buffalos won third place at the 2017 MOKAN JH Tournament at Overland Christian Academy on Feb. 4. The boys fought hard on Thursday and again on Saturday to advance to the winners bracket. With a tied score at the end of

ECS JR. HIGH GIRLS 2ND IN TOURNAMENT – Coach Sarah Gingerich and her junior high Lady Buffalos took home 2nd place at the JH MOKAN Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Overland Park, KS. The girls lost to Plaza Heights in the championship round by 10 points.   Pictured with Coach Gingerich are: front row,

MOKAN 1ST & 2ND TEAM ALL-TOURNAMENT WINNERS – Three Lady Buffalos won awards at the 2017 MOKAN Junior High Basketball Tournament in Overland Park, KS, on Saturday, Feb. 4. Jordanne Steuck, #23 (left) and Lexi Buttorff, #42, both eighth graders, were awarded 1st Team All-Tournament medals; Olivia Bryson, center, an ECS sixth grader took home

AMONG THE TALL TREES – In the final EHS JV game of the season, Dagan McIntire went up for a shot range jumper. Coach Jeremy Barger said, “The boys fought hard against a very good Nevada team. Defensively we played very well holding them to 40 points, but offensively we struggled to score against their

UP THE MIDDLE – Shane Trowbridge went right to the big boys for two of his 12 points against the Nevada Tigers Thursday night in the last game of the season. No. 32-Shelby McKinney was there to help. Nevada’s best player, Clay Gayman (No. 42) was tough to beat. Bulldog Head Coach Joel Braden said