KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Doug Desmarteau isn’t much fond of overtime this season.
The Allen Community College Red Devils head soccer coach saw his team drop its second consecutive overtime in five days, falling Thursday to Maple Woods Community College, 2-1.
The loss drops Allen to 2-3 on the season.
In women’s action, Maple Woods defeated a short-handed ACC squad, 4-2, to drop the Red Devils to 3-2.
The Red Devil squads return home Tuesday to host Cloud.
In the men’s contest, Allen scored early in the second half on a Dorian Fox goal. The assist came from Chibueze Nwagwu.
“We had some opportunities to put the game away, but we just couldn’t get another goal,” Desmarteau said. “We played better defensively. We’re still getting organized. We just need to figure out how to keep a lead.”
Thee Red Devil women, meanwhile, were without the services of seven players, two for injury, five others for disciplinary measures.
Lacy Kimura (bacteria infection) and Racael Little (concussion) missed the game, while head coach Jeremy McGinnis sat Raegan and Jordan Vigola, Arline Panuco, Carlee Brinkman and Natalie Leiker for “violating team rules.”
“Just young freshmen learning their way about following rules in the dorms,” McGinnis said. “It was a good opportunity for us to see some players who normally don’t get an opportunity to play a lot, and it wasn’t a conference game. We’ll be back at full strength for our home game against Cloud.”
 Kyleigh Rowe scored both of Allen’s goals against Maple Woods, the first off a cross by Samantha Moore, the second on a free kick.
Keelie Arbuckle racked up 18 saves.

FORT SCOTT — Marmaton Valley High’s cross country teams ventured to Fort Scott Thursday.
Ashtynn Louk placed 22nd in the varsity girls race, finishing the 4K route in 19 minutes, 50 seconds. For the varsity boys, Garrett Booth placed 37th by finishing his 5K with a time of 22:23.
Casey Allen nabbed a fifth-place medal in her 4K with a time of 20:10.
In the boys JV race, Cody Wilson finished his 4K with a time of 18:18 to place 24th. Steven Lieberman was with a time of 23:47. Noah Foster finished in 29:23 to take 52nd.

YATES CENTER — The Yates Center High Wildcats got “run all over” by the West Elks Patriots, according to Head Coach Ben Weihn.
The Patriots’ scoring onslaught ended the Wildcats’ suffering at halftime, 52-6, according to the Kansas eight-man mercy rule.
“We got beat by a bigger, stronger, faster football team — that’s all there is to it,” Weihn said.
West Elk opened the first quarter with 22 unanswered points against the home team. Robert Arnold had the only score of the game for the Wildcats, a touchdown reception in the second quarter.
Yates Center rushed for 90 yards in the contest, and had 46 yards of passing. Caleb DeNoon led in rushing with 49 yards, followed by Austin McNett with 32. Arnold had two receptions for 23 yards and one touchdown.
Justin Rossillon led in solo tackles with nine, followed by McNett and DeNoon with six apiece.
The loss drops the Wildcats’ record to 1-1 on the season, they play in Waverly next week. Weihn said his team needs to rebound quickly.
“Hopefully we’ll be back on track this week,” he said. “We have a good group of kids.”

Allen Community College’s cross country team fell to number two in the Hill-N-Dale national rankings for NJCAA Division I schools.
The Red Devils fell from the top spot, despite not racing since the inaugural rankings were announced last week.
“Honestly if we’re going to fall in the rankings, it’s better to do it during an open week, versus when you race,” ACC head coach Vince DeGrado said. “At least the bull’s eye isn’t on our backs yet.”
The Red Devils held the top spot in the national rankings for the first time in school history last week.
The women dropped from third to fifth.

LEBO — The score may not indicate it, but Southern Coffey County High’s quality of play improved significantly Friday evening.
But host Lebo hit on several big plays early to bring home a 56-24 win.
The loss drops the Titans to 0-2 on the season.
“We had a couple of mental lapses early, which led to some long touchdown passes for them, but other than that, we played pretty well,” SCC head coach Korey Lankton said. “We were able to move the ball on the ground. Credit goes to our offensive line.”
Lebo led 22-0 before the Titans dented the scoreboard in the second quarter. Chism Newkirk and Josiah Witteman connected on three touchdown passes, covering 10, 15 and 16 yards. Newkirk’s fourth touchdown of the day went seven yards to Tyler Houston.
The Titans closed the gap to 12, 36-24, before Lebo scored late in the third and twice in the fourth to seal the win.
Newkirk completed 8 of 18 passes for 78 yards. Walker Harred racked up 132 of SCC’s 228 rushing yards. Witteman had five receptions covering 55 yards.
Harred paced the defense with six tackles. Witteman had five stops and an interception.
Southern Coffey County hosts Marais des Cygnes Valley next Friday.
So. Coffey Co.    0-12-12-24
Lebo    14-16-14-12—56
Lebo — Holmes 32 yd pass from Gould (Gould run)
Lebo — Baldwin 29 yd run (run failed)
Lebo — Barker 15 yd pass from Gould (Baldwin pass from Gould)
SCC — Witteman 10 yd pass from Newkirk (pass failed)
Lebo — Holmes 70  yd  kickoff return (Baldwin run)
SCC — Witteman 15  yd pass from Newkirk (run failed)
SCC — Witteman 16  yd pass from Newkirk (pass failed)
Lebo — Gould 25 yd run (run failed)
SCC — Houston 7 yd pass from Newkirk (pass failed)
Lebo — Baldwin 2 yd run (Holmes run)
Lebo — Gould 15 yd run (pass failed)
Lebo — C. Gould 35 yd run (game over)
    SCC    LEBO
First Downs    16    8
Rushes-yds    53-228    36-288
Passing yds    78    NA
Total Offense    306    NA
Passing    8-18-1    NA-NA-1
Fumbles Lost    1    0
Penalties    5-35    7-75

MOUND CITY — “Overall, we improved from week one to week two,” Humboldt High Football Coach K.B. Criss said of his team’s performance, after the Cubs blasted the Jayhawk-Linn Jayhawks Friday evening, 55-2.
The Jayhawks’ sole score came off of a safety call in the first quarter. The Cubs opened the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown run from Jacob Carpenter. Caleb Vanatta had two rushing touchdowns in the second quarter, and Kason Siemens completed a eight-yard pass to Hunter Murrow in the end zone with only eight seconds left to end the half.
The second half seemed like deja vu.
Vanatta opened the third with another 20-yard rushing touchdown, and Siemens hit Hunter Murrow again on a touchdown pass, this time for 75 yards.
Vanatta led the Cubs in rushing with 101 yards on 13 carries. Murrow had two receptions for 83 yards in the contest. As a team, the Cubs had 279 total offensive yards, compared to the Jayhawks’ 49 total offense.
Defensively, Zach Osborn led the team in solo tackles with five, followed by Grayson Pearish with four.
“Defensively, I think we did a good job of keeping ourselves out of bad situations and keeping them in third and long situations,” Criss said.
The Cubs host Neodesha Friday.
Humboldt    7-21-13-14—55
Jayhawk-Linn    2-0-0-0—2
Humboldt — Carpenter 10 yd run (Vanetta kick)
JL — Safety (Humboldt penalty in own end zone)
Humboldt — Vanetta 9 yd run (Vanetta kick)
Humboldt — Vanetta 11 yd run (Vanetta kick)
Humboldt — H. Murrow 8 yd pass from Siemens (Vanetta kick)
Humboldt — Vanetta 20 yd run (Vanetta kick)
Humboldt — H. Murrow 75 yd pass from Siemens (kick failed)
Humboldt — Isaac 40 yd interception return (Vanetta kick)
Humboldt — Paden 45 yd fumble return (Vanetta kick)
                   Humboldt          J-Linn
First Downs    7    1
Rushes-yd    19-118    30-36
Passing yds    161    13
Total Offense    279    49
Passing    8-20-2    1-11-3
Fumbles-Lost    2-1    3-3
Punts/Avg.    2/37    6/29

INDEPENDENCE — Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders kicked off the 2013 season in fine fashion Thursday.
Led by Tayton Driskel’s monster rushing performance, the Ponies rolled to a 32-0 win over Independence.
Iola’s eighth-grade team came up one touchdown shy in its contest. A late touchdown and successful onside kick recovery gave the Ponies possession at midfield, but the drive ended with an interception in a 20-12 defeat.
Driskel got things started for the seventh-graders with three touchdowns, a three-yarder in the first quarter and runs covering 58 and 50 yards in the second period. Nic Zimmerman’s one-yard run in the third quarter wrapped up the scoring.
Driskel rushed for 190 yards on 13 carries. Kane Rogers completed 2 of 2 passes for 16 yards. He added 24 yards on five carries. Zimmerman added five yards and a touchdown, Matt Karr had 12 yards and Elijah Luedke had four yards. Karr had a 14-yard reception. Driskel had one catch for two yards.
Driskel also led the Pony defense with 10 tackles. Hunter Preston followed with five stops. Kolt Knoblich had four tackles and a sack.
“It’s always good to get the first game out of the way,” Iola head coach Marty Taylor said. “The kids were nervous, but they played hard all night. Our backs ran hard. Tayton took advantage on the outside all night. Hunter Preston did a good job in his first game at center. Kolt Knoblich worked hard on the defensive line.”

EVAN SIGG’S 12-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter knotted the game at six, before Independence added touchdowns in the second and third quarters to take a 20-6 lead.
Iola reached the scoreboard again when Sigg tossed a 10-yard touchdown to Nick Vaughn with 2:20 left in the game to cut the gap to 20-12.
Sigg rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown, while completing 6 of 11 passes for 96 yards and another score with an interception. Barnhart rushed for 60 yards on 11 carries, Matt Komma racked up 26 yards on four carries, and Isaac Vink had 17 yards on three rushes.
Barnhart added 41 yards on two receptions, Ethan Holloway had two catches for 17 yards, Vink’s sole reception covered 28 yards.
Komma led the defense with seven tackles. Sigg, Holloway and Nick Peterson each had five stops.
“The boys played hard,” Taylor said. “We just flat out didn’t tackle.
“We really played very good assignment football,” he continued. “Most of our mistakes were physical, and we can fix those in practice.”
Iola is at Labette County next Thursday.

INDEPENDENCE — Jennifer Bycroft isn’t sure if it’s a mental block, or just a case of some powerful opponents.
Whatever the reason, the Iola High Fillies squad struggled on the road Thursday at Independence, going winless on the day.
“It seems as a team, we always struggle when we play at Indy,” said Bycroft, the team’s head coach. “Tennis is so much of a mental game, and if we don’t have control of that, our level of play seems to go downhill fast.
“A lot of silly errors were made,” she continued. “It seemed the kids were more nervous while playing, and we just didn’t have our heads in the game. Hopefully, we’ll change that and be ready for Chanute next Thursday.”
In No. 1 singles play, Megan Smith fell to Jennifer Harrison of Fort Scott, Abbi Groff of Independence and Katy Short of Pittsburg in shutout losses. She fell 8-1 to Rebecca Wendt of Chanute.
Katie Lieureance, in No. 2 singles, was shut out in losses to Kandice Rost of Fort Scott, Tyra Welch of Independence, Katie Phalen of Pittsburg and Shelby Stair of Chanute.
Alexis Hobbs and Bobbi Sinclair fell in No. 1 doubles to Crain and Savage of Fort Scott, 8-0, to Mendoza and Julian of Independence, 8-2, to Baden and Long of Pittsburg, 8-2, and to Liudahl and Thuston of Chanute, 8-0.
In No. 2 doubles play, Shelby Reno and Chyanne Vaughn were shut out in losses to Hutchison and Reeves of Fort Scott, Matthews and Matthews of Independence and to Angleton and Bearrick of Fort Scott. They lost, 8-1, to Pichler and Lundberg of Pittsburg.

COLONY — A late fourth-quarter stand by the Lancer defense kept their head above water in Crest High’s homecoming Friday night against the Marmaton Valley High Wildcats.
The Lancers edged out the win, 14-6, in a close defensive struggle.
The clock was winding down in the fourth quarter, as the Lancers marched down the field and well into the Wildcats’ red zone, holding onto to their eight point lead. Crest quarterback Austin Green’s pass was picked off by Marmaton Valley’s Chance Stevenson, who returned the pick 37 yards to midfield.
After several quick runs up the middle, the Wildcats had turned the tables and were threatening to tie the game with just over two minutes left.
On fourth down, Crest’s Austin Greene knew it was the game-deciding play.
“This is it,” he yelled at his defensive cohorts.
A plug up the middle stalled the Wildcats short of the first down. The Lancers marched past the first down marker on offense and ran out the clock.

THE FIRST quarter was scoreless for both teams, before the Wildcats struck first, with a 16-yard touchdown run from Stevenson midway through the second quarter. On the following drive, Green connected with Clayton Miller over the middle for a touchdown — a run by Green had the Lancers on top 8-6.
Following the break at half, both teams remained scoreless until the Lancers scored with just over one minute remaining in the third quarter. Scoring details were unavailable by press time.
Stevenson led the Wildcats in rushing, with 22 carries for 69 yards, followed by Trent Johnson with 10 carries for 62 yards.
Both squads were plagued with penalties throughout the evening — the Wildcats had 12 for 120 yards and the Lancers were flagged nine times for 85 yards.
The win for the Lancers brings their record to an even 1-1, while the loss drops Marmaton Valley to 0-2. Marmaton Valley travels to Blue Valley Randolph next week, Crest will travel to Uniontown.
Marmaton Valley     6-0-0-0—6
Crest     0-8-6-0—14

FORT SCOTT — In the “Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy yearned for home.
Marv Smith, Iola High cross country coach, is equally fond of Fort Scott.
The IHS runners made themselves quite at home Thursday, taking home first place as a team on both the varsity and junior varsity boys competitions.
Additionally, Abigail Taylor and Megan Klubek, the only Fillies runners, both brought home top-five finishes in their respective races, Klubek taking first in the girls junior varsity.
“There’s no place like Fort Scott,” Smith joked, as an homage to Dorothy’s famous quote. “We had really good races all day.”
The Mustang varsity runners were four of the top 10 runners, led by Kohl Endicott and Jeremy Spears.
Endicott nipped his teammate at the line, even though both finished with identical times, to take fourth place in the 5K run. Both finished in 19 minutes, 22 seconds.
Freshman Braden Plumlee was two seconds behind, at 19:24, to take sixth. Michael Wilson nabbed 10th overall with a time of 19:53.
“Endicott had a good race from start to finish,” Smith said. “Spears actually ran in front of him during the entire race until Kohl caught him right at the line.
“Our goal was to take a shot at the team title by running two groups and hanging together. The first four were highly successful, even though Wilson is more of a sprinter. I really didn’t expect Plumlee to still be that close, even though we challenged him and Michael to keep up through the two-mile mark.”
Blaine Klubek also had a strong start, but struggled down the stretch to finish 22nd, with a time of 21:11. Travis Hermstein was 23rd at 21:15, and Bryan Mueller 25th at 21:38.
With those marks in tow, Iola finished well head of runner-up Labette County. Iola’s 31 points were 20 below Labette County’s mark.
Smith was impressed, because Labette County is expected to be one of the favorites in the Southeast Kansas League. Frontenac was third with 89 points, and Prairie View fourth at 99.
A vital component to the Mustangs’ team win was the running of Hermstein and Mueller, both of whom beat the fifth-best runner from Labette County.
“That allowed us to win the team title with a comfortable margin,” he said.

TAYLOR HAD another strong day on the course, even when racing against the defending Class 4A and 2A state champions in her 4K race.
Taylor wound up fifth, with a time of 17:11, a full 80 seconds better than her time on the same course a year ago.
“The cooler temps helped a lot,” Smith said.
On the JV side, Klubek’s time of 18:31 would have netted her a 14th place medal in the varsity race.
“Megan’s race set the tone for the day,” Smith said. “The JV boys watched her run so they could check out the course. After watching her win, they had a lot of confidence.”
The JV boys nabbed four of the top nine places to win the team title with 27 points, 20 points better than Labette County.
Jacob Cooper led the way, finishing the 4K in 16:47. Colby Works was seventh at 16:56, Isaiah Fawson was eighth at 16:59, and Kendall Jay was ninth at 17:03.
“Isaiah Fawson took the lead by the end of the first mile, and still held on pretty well when Cooper and Works went around him. Our freshmen had a banner day in every race.”
Other JV results for Iola: 19. Yohon Sinclair, 17:54; 23. Ryan Eyster, 18:17; 25. Thomas Elder, 18:19; 26. Tyler Holloway, 18:44; 38. Darius Greenawalt, 20:39; 39. Dareece Bell, 20:50; 42. Isaiah Gawlas, 21:01; 44. Ankit Gandhi, 21:35.
Iola’s runners will be in Parsons next Thursday for a race at Big Hill.