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===Sports=== *Salina was home to [[minor league baseball]] from 1898β1952. The [[Salina Blue Jays]] and other Salina teams played as a member of the [[Kansas State League]] (1898), [[Central Kansas League]] (1908β1910, 1912), Kansas State League (1913β1914), [[Southwestern League]] (1922β1926) and [[Western Association]] (1938β1941, 1946β1952). Salina was an affiliate of the [[Cleveland Indians]] (1941) and [[Philadelphia Phillies]] (1946β1952). Salina teams played at Athletic Park (1898β1914), Oakdale Park (1922β1926) and Kenwood Field (1938β1952).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/t-sb14258|title=Salina Blues Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/18394/18534/20376/22695.aspx|title=Welcome to the City of Salina, Kansas - Oakdale Park|website=www.salina-ks.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-2388|title=Kenwood Field in Salina, KS history and teams on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-2386|title=Athletic Park in Salina, KS history and teams on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref> * Salina hosted the [[Kansas Cagerz]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11DD25B34E91C450&p_docnum=1&s_accountid=AC0111021720044402188&s_orderid=NB0111021720025601770&s_dlid=DL0111021720045302236&s_ecproduct=DOC&s_ecprodtype=&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_username=ks0stm&s_accountid=AC0111021720044402188&s_upgradeable=no|title=USBL decides to take a breather for '08 - USBL quits|date=January 9, 2007|last=Davidson|first=Bob|newspaper=The Salina Journal|access-date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> and [[Salina Rattlers]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=126E44D4312632F8&p_docnum=1&s_orderid=NB0111021720173930679&s_dlid=DL0111021720175505218&s_ecproduct=DOC&s_ecprodtype=&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_username=ks0stm&s_accountid=AC0111021720044402188&s_upgradeable=no|title=IBA Closes Its Doors|newspaper=The Salina Journal|date=August 17, 2001|access-date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> [[basketball]] teams. * Salina hosted the [[National Junior College Athletic Association]] [[NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship|Division I women's basketball national tournament]] each season in the [[Bicentennial Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLJB&p_theme=sljb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_label-0=Section&s_dispstring=Juco%20women%27s%20tournament%20to%20stay%20in%20Salina%20through%20at%20least%202015%20AND%20section%28all%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28Juco%20women%27s%20tournament%20to%20stay%20in%20Salina%20through%20at%20least%202015%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no|title=Juco women's tournament to stay in Salina through at least 2015|newspaper=The Salina Journal|date=March 31, 2011|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref> * Salina hosted the [[Big Eight Conference|Women's Big Eight]] basketball tournament at the [[Bicentennial Center]]. When the Big Eight became the [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]], the tournament was moved to [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. * Salina hosts the Kansas State High School Activities Association ([[KSHSAA]]) Class 4A state [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestling]] tournament and the Class 3A & 4A volleyball tournaments, the Class 4A state basketball tournament, and the Class 4A state softball tournament. Salina also occasionally hosts the Class 4A state baseball tournament and one of the state championship football games. * Salina was home to the [[Salina Bombers]], an [[indoor American football|indoor football]] team playing in the [[Champions Professional Indoor Football League]] from 2013 to 2014, then [[Champions Indoor Football]]. * Salina hosts the [[Salina Liberty]], the second indoor football team from the city, who now play in the CIF. * Salina is the home of the [[Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes]], a 20-sport [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] athletics program. The Coyotes have been a member of the [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]] since 1928.
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