Kyle Tiernan (Murray State) tripled and scored the first run for the El Dorado Broncos, then drove in the winning run as El Dorado struck for two runs in the ninth to edge Valley Center 3-2.

Dani Wyss of Switzerland claimed the 2009 Race Across America title, reaching the final checkpoint in Annapolis, Md., at 9:25 p.m. (EDT) Thursday night. He finishing the 3,020-mile course in eight days, five hours and 45 minutes. It was Wyss’ second RAAM championship.

There aren’t too many areas in sports that still have the invisible, but obvious “No Girls Allowed” sign; but the fraternity of horse jockeys are like the animals, they are a different breed.

The El Dorado Post 81 team had their chances, but couldn’t keep control in the nightcap of their doubleheader against Nickerson, losing 13-10 to complete getting swept Thursday night in their American Legion doubleheader at McDonald Stadium.

The El Dorado Broncos have had a knack of scoring runs in waves so far this season, averaging almost eight runs through their first 14 games of the season.

But the Broncos couldn’t find an answer against Liberal starting pitcher  Don Lisi and two relievers and were shut out for the first time in 2009, a 4-0 setback Wednesday night at McDonald Stadium.

Brooke Demo, a student at Wichita State University, has been selected as the female recipients of the Missouri Valley Conference’s Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award.  The Missouri Valley Conference Faculty Athletics Representatives Committee selected Demo from a field of league student-athletes who met the award criteria, including academic achievement, athletics excellence and service and leadership.

An unexpected five-day break from competition hasn’t seemed to have affected the El Dorado Broncos at all if you consider how the team came out in its first game after the hiatus.

Kirk Walker and Travis Whipple knocked in four runs apiece and the Broncos gave up only one earned run Tuesday night on the way to an 11-4 Jayhawk League victory over the Liberal BeeJays at McDonald Stadium.

Errors again were the downfall for the El Dorado Post 81 American Legion baseball team Monday night as Kingman was able to take advantage of those miscues for a doubleheader sweep Monday night at McDonald Stadium.

Kingman won the first game 12-3, and completed the sweep with a 22-4 victory in the nightcap. Both games were called after five innings due to the run rules.

The journey might not be as well known as Seabiscuit’s, but the career of Go With Corona may have as many twists and turns.

The 2-year-old brown gelding raced for the first time Sunday at Eureka Downs, but  it was a successful start as he beat out Feature Mr. Snow by a nose in a Kansas Bred Futurity trial race and will be one of 10 horses to vie for the futurity title on Independence Day.

There have been a few detours toward Go With Corona’s maiden  race.

Slovenia’s Marko Baloh rides through downtown El Dorado at 1:15 a.m. (CDT) Monday morning during the Race Across America endurance bike competition. Baloh was the third rider to reach El Dorado (which was time station 27 of 54 during the 3,000-mile trip from California to Annapolis, Md.), four hours, five minutes after Dani Wyss and eight hours, 16 minutes behind leader Jure Robic. More competitors will be coming into Butler County through Towanda, El Dorado and Rosalia over the next two days.

The El Dorado Post 81 American Legion team's losing streak was extended to seven games after losing both games of a Thursday night doubleheader to Campus at McDonald Stadium.

The Colts beat El Dorado 16-4 in the first game, and 17-5 in the nightcap. The second game went five innings due to the 10-run rule.

The El Dorado Broncos’ passion for late-inning heroics continued Wednesday night, scoring four runs on three hits in the top of the ninth inning to record a 10-7 comeback victory over the Derby Twins.

The Greater Wichita YMCA announced the placement of Susie Carson as the gymnastics coordinator for the El Dorado YMCA.