Photo archive for February 23, 2008
Emporia High's Sal Tovar wrestles Bishop Carroll's John Keller in the 125-pound weight class championship bout at the Class 5A State wrestling tournament on Saturday night. Tovar lost by a 5-0 decision. View photo
Emporia High's Justin Rose turns Salina South's Kasey Lien in the consolation semifinals Saturday afternoon. Rose pinned Lien to advance to the third-place match. View photo
Participants in the Scrabble Scramble study their letters while playing at the Flinthills Mall. View photo
A player at the Scrabble Scramble studies the letters they have which are all vowels. View photo
Words are formed on a Scrabble board during a game at the Scrabble Scramble at the Flinthills Mall. View photo
Kenji Anderson and his father Cy think about a possible next word to play. View photo
Larris Noble reviews the board after making a play. View photo
Seki Anderson writes down a word and point value after forming the word on the board. View photo
From left: Dee Bosiljevac, Kathy Polzin, Lorena Hunt and Sharon Morrisey all work on paintings in at art class at the Emporia Arts Council. View photo
Kathy Polzin works on a painting of flowers from a photograph she took. View photo
Sharon Morrisey concentrates while painting at the Emporia Arts Council. View photo
Lorena Hunt gets green paint on her paint brush while working in an art class. View photo
Emporia High's Jacob Torres dribbles around a Highland Park defender during Friday night's game in Topeka. View photo
Emporia High's Sadie Webb, right, dribbles around a Highland Park defender during Friday night's game in Topeka. View photo
Emporia High's Brandon Childs goes up for a layup during Friday night's game against Highland Park. Emporia lost to No. 1-ranked Highland Park, 62-50. View photo
Emporia High's Zeb Peak tries to pin Winfield's Chad Harding Saturday morning in the second round of the consolation bracket at the Class 5A State wrestling tournament in Hutchinson. Peak was pinned 1 minute, 57 seconds into the match. View photo
Emporia High's Tavo Dikin struggles to get out of the grasp of Valley Center's Cade Blair Friday night in the semifinals. Dikin lost by an 8-1 decision and will wrestle in the consolation bracket on Saturday. View photo
Emporia High's Justin Rose moves around Valley Center's Chase Nitcher Friday night in the 119-pound semifinals. Rose lost to Nitcher by an 8-6 decision and will wrestle in the consolation bracket on Saturday. View photo
An official raises the arm of Emporia High's Zeb Peak after he won his match over Lansing's Tyler Terron in the first round of the consolation bracket at 140 pounds. View photo
Emporia High's Logan Gaskill gets tangled up with St. Thomas Aquinas' Pat Korte in the first round of the 152-pound weight class consolation bracket. Gaskill lost by a 5-3 decision. View photo
Emporia High assistant wrestling Coach Ryan Karjala yells out instructions to wrestler Justin Rose in the 119-pound weight class semifinals Friday night. View photo
Emporia High's Jared Dakin wrestles Salina South's Steve Plott in the 112-pound quarterfinals Friday night in Hutchinson. View photo
Emporia High's Ryan Bass wrestles Liberal's Joe Bach Friday in the first round of the Class 5A State wrestling tournament in Hutchinson. View photo
Emporia High head wrestling Coach Greg Buckbee cheers on a wrestler at the Class 5A State wrestling tournament on Friday in Hutchinson. View photo
Emporia High's Sal Tovar gets Arkansas City's Aaron Hoag in a near-side cradle during the semifinals of the Class 5A State wrestling tournament. Tovar won by a 9-7 decision in overtime to advance to the championship round of the 125-pound weight class. View photo
Emporia High's Josh Rodriguez reacts after winning the 285-pound weight class semifinal match at the Class 5A State wrestling tournament Friday night. Rodriguez will wrestle for the State title Saturday against Shawnee Heights' Atticus Disney. View photo
Emporia High's Mark Kolmer tries to gain position over Liberal's Nate Davis in the semifinals of the Class 5A State wrestling tournament on Friday night. Kolmer beat Davis by a 16-0 technical fall to advance to the finals of the 189-pound weight class. View photo
Emporia High's Hilary Heinrichs makes a move to the basket during Friday night's game against Highland Park. View photo
Emporia High's Ashley Leihsing, left, dives for a loose ball in front of a Highland Park player during Friday night's game in Topeka. View photo
Emporia High boys basketball coach Rick Bloomquist argues a call with an official during a timeout in Friday night's game against Highland Park. View photo