League:  North Central Activities Association
Class:  3A Enrollment:  217

HEAD COACH:  FRANCIS FLAX
ASST Coaches:  Trenton Douglas and Joe Ross
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 HEAD COACH: SHAUNA SMITH
ASST. Coaches:  Steve Riedy, Kylie Holmes

Season Record Entering Tournament:  3-6

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0
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SOUTHEAST OF SALINE SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Season Record Entering Tournament:  7-2
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TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS: 0

SOUTHEAST OF SALINE SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
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​3A Boys DIVISIONAL STANDINGS                                                                                                       3A GIRLS DIVISIONAL STANDINGS
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​Sub-State:  @ HALSTEAD
SCHOOLS: Schools: 
Chaparral, Belle Plaine, Cheney, Council Grove, Garden Plain, Southeast of Saline, Halstead, Haven, Hesston, Smoky Valley, Marysville, Minneapolis, Riley County, Nemaha Central, Wichita Collegiate, Trinity Academy​
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Program Highlights
• Four straight state tournament appearances (2021–2024 era noted)
• State Tournament Appearances: 8 (1968, 1985, 1987, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023)
• Recent State Finishes: 3rd Place (2022, 2023) | 4th Place (2024)
• Sterling Invitational Tournament Recent Bests: Runner-up (2023) | 3rd Place (2024)
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Recent Seasons

• 2025: SIT 5th Place (defeated Smoky Valley)
• 2024: 14-9 | Sub-State Champions (defeated Hesston in sub-state final)
  • 3A State: defeated Cheney 54-51, lost to Goodland and Beloit to finish 4th
  • SIT: 3rd Place, defeated Scott City 53-52
• 2023: Program-best 24 wins | 3A State 3rd Place
  • Notable win over Galena
  • Lost to eventual 3A Champion Hesston in the state semifinals
  • SIT: Runner-up, lost to Hugoton
• 2022: 3A State 3rd Place, defeated Thomas More Prep-Marian
  • SIT: 3rd Place, defeated Kingman

Historical Highlights

• 1985: 3A State Tournament, 4th Place
• 2016: 3A State Tournament, 3rd Place (defeated Garden Plain)
• 2017: 3A State Tournament, 3rd Place (defeated Belle Plaine)
• 2022: 3A State Tournament, 3rd Place (defeated TMP)
• 2023: 3A State Tournament, 3rd Place

Individual and Alumni Notes

• Larry Seim (1978): set records including most field goals in a game and in a tournament
• Notable Division I Players: Joe Gottfrid (Kansas State, 1960), Steve Shogren (Wichita State, 1968), Steve Fritz (Kansas State, 1986)

Olympic Connection

• Bill Wheatley (Kipp graduate) was part of the 1936 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team, representing the McPherson Globe Refiners in Berlin. The story is detailed in Games of Deception (2019).

Program Highlights
• Sterling Invitational Tournament: Runner-up (2022, 2024, 2025) | 3rd Place (2023)
• State Tournament Appearances: 9 (1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2016, 2022)
• State Championships: 1 (1990 3A State Champions)
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Recent Seasons

• 2025: SIT Runner-up (lost to Scott City 46-43)
• 2024: SIT Runner-up, lost to Smoky Valley 46-32
• 2023: SIT 3rd Place
• 2022: 3A State Tournament: lost to Goodland 38-37
  • 3A Sub-State Champions (defeated Riley County)
  • SIT Runner-up: lost to Sterling in OT
  • Upset No. 1 Hugoton in the SIT semifinals in OT

Historical Highlights

• 1990: 3A State Champions
  • Coached by Jim Campion
  • Finished 24-2
  • Defeated Southwestern Heights, Holton, and Belleville on the road to the title
• 1973: Debut season under “new” KSHSAA girls basketball, reached the semi-final sub-state and finished 7-5
• 1975: Hosted the inaugural Southeast of Saline Invitational, finished 3rd
  • Also competed in the 2A Halstead Sub-State and lost to defending 2A State Champion Fairfield