BY MATTHEW CLARK
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GIRARD — It turned out to be a game that no one expected to be played the way it was.

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GIRARD — If either team was lacking any practice at the free-throw line during the preseason, they certainly made up for it on Friday night.

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GIRARD — The Girard Middle School girl’s basketball teams went 1-2 against Columbus on Tuesday night.

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With the exception of a 7B game, Frontenac Junior High swept Girard Monday night at home.

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The Girard Trojans took two of three games from St. Mary’s on Thursday night in Girard.

BY MATTHEW CLARK/THE MORNING SUN

Here is a look at the KSEK 1340 Preseason Coaches’ Poll for the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League, released on Monday:
Boys
NO. TEAM PTS

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GIRARD — To say it was stoud defense may have been a grand understatement for the Girard Middle School girl’s basketball team.

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CHEROKEE — Girard Middle School’s girl’s basketball teams swept a pair of games from Southeast on Monday night.

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This was another solid year for the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee and Southeast Kansas leagues in volleyball.

ARMA — The Girard Middle School girls basketball team swept a pair of games from Northeast on Thursday night.