pictured is Tessa Herrman, image courtesy of Brad Anderson Abilene Cowgirls 48 Holton Lady Wildats 41 HOLTON: The Abilene Cowgirls won a season opener for the first time since 2019 Tuesday. It was the first game of the Ryan Perkins era, who took over a Cowgirl program that had won 3 games over the last two seasons. Abilene entered the night with high expectations as they brought ba...
Photo courtesy of Allison Buechman The Abilene High School wrestling program enters the season with high expectations, under James Stout. Stout is in his 23rd year as head coach and it is his 30th year overall with the program. Abilene returns 3 State Champions in Josie Wilson, Jade Wilson and Noah Wuthnow. The future of the program also has high expectations. A fundraiser has b...
Pictured are Seniors: Cesia Berruecos, Layla Pickerign, Makenna Stover, Kailee Crane, Aleena Watson and Jaydence Coyle The Abilene Cowgirl Basketball program will be under new leadership this season. Ryan Perkins, the AHS Applied Technology/Woodworking teacher, was named head coach after spending last season as the head varsity girls coach at Lincoln High School. Perkins takes over for S...
Pictured are Seniors: Ian Plunkett, Landyn Rogers, Jaxson Cuba, Bennett Altwegg, Taygen Funston and Levi Evans Year one of the Kyle Taylor era was a successful one. The Abilene High School basketball team finished the 2024-25 season 16-7, 8-4 and returned to State for the fourth time in the last five years. The Cowboys lost 56-33 to, runner-up Rock Creek, in the opening round of th...
Pictured are Seniors Left to Right: Nabar Valbuena, Tyler Brockmeier, Grant Eskeldson, Tucker Mein, Koden Sanford, Kole Riedy, Celian Van Bemten, Mason Marsh, Andrew Calvert. Not pictured is Trent Hoff, who is injured WHITE CITY: Rural Vista’s storybook season came to an end Friday night in a 46-0 loss to 4-time defending State Champion Axtell. The Eagles were as good as advertised as the...
pictured is Heath Hoekman, picture courtesy of Brad Anderson On Monday 11/3, Abilene Senior, Heath Hoekman will sign a letter of intent to play baseball at Northern Oklahoma College – Tonkawa. The signing will take place at the Abilene High School library/media center around 2:45. Heath has already put together an impressive athletic career at Abilene High School as a three-sport athle...
pictured #20 Lane Hoekman, #0 Levi Evans and #75 Corbin Blake, images courtesy of Brad Anderson ABILENE: The Andover Central pulled away in the second half of their 35-7 victory over Abilene. The game was much closer that the final score. The game was tied at halftime and the Jaguars only led 14-0 after three quarters. Abilene Senior QB, Taygen Funston cut the deficit to 14-7 with 8:09 to...
Pictured is Levi Evans, picture courtesy of Brad Anderson ABILENE: The Wamego Red Raiders pulled away in the second half for their 7th straight victory over the Cowboys. Wamego led 6-3 at halftime but scored the first 21 points of the second half. Wamego QB, Logan Fulton threw for 151 yards and 2 touchdowns and also ran for a score. The 6’3” 208 Junior entered the game with 1,291 yar...
pictured is #20 Lane Hoekman, #74 Pierce Casteel and #0 Levi Evans ABILENE: The Abilene Cowboys scored 56 points in the first half in their dominant 56-14 victory over El Dorado. It was the most points in a Cowboys victory since September 25, 2009 in a 59-20 win at Concordia. Abilene scored touchdowns on 8 of their first 9 possessions and scored 28 points off of Wildcat turnovers. El Dorado had...
pictured is #4 Kayden Thrower and #21 Aiden Woods, image courtesy of Brad Anderson AUGUSTA: No one expected a defensive battle Friday night in Abilene’s matchup with Augusta but that’s exactly what they got in the Cowboy’s 3-0 victory. The Orioles entered the night averaging nearly 26 points a game and 392 yards of total offense. The scored 48 points in their previous game a 49-48 l...
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