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RICHMOND — Sydney Wade and the Iola Fillies have been through a meat-grinder of a schedule in the opening week of the season, but on Thursday, the senior guard and her teammates finally got some…

RICHMOND — Mustang coach Jay Applegate wanted to test his veteran-laden team early and see what they were capable of. “I’d rather play a tough schedule than an easy one, by far,” Applegate said. “This…

Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph is starting a cross country program beginning next season and now coach Marc Bierbaum has his women’s number-one runner. Allen Community College sophomore Kaitlyn Shoemaker has committed to…

For much of Allen Community College’s 85-80 home victory over Seward County Community College on Wednesday, there wasn’t any doubt about who the best player on the court was.  Seward’s Kevin Sims had 37 points…

Allen Community College women’s basketball coach Todd Buchanan couldn’t bring himself to look at one point during the second half of the Red Devils’ 79-48 loss to Seward County Community College on Wednesday in Iola.…

HUMBOLDT — Through most of the first half the Lancer girls’ basketball team controlled the game against Erie in the first round of the Emprise Bank Basketball Tournament in Humboldt on Tuesday.The Lancers never trailed…

HUMBOLDT — The Crest boys’ basketball team’s search for an identity continued on Tuesday night with a 44-25 loss to Erie in the first round of the Emprise Bank Basketball Tournament in Humboldt.“We have the…

HUMBOLDT — Cub girls’ basketball coach Aubrey Jones came into the season with an advantage that almost no one in the state can match. The Cubs returned their entire team from a year ago.The Cubs…

HUMBOLDT — Rayce Hoepker’s night didn’t get going the way he wanted, but by the end of it, he had 34 points and his Humboldt Cubs had a 70-44 victory over Uniontown in the first…

The Iola defense was able to tout stars on every level of the unit this season and those stars were rewarded with All-State honors from Kansas’ two largest newspapers.Senior linebacker Chase Regehr was a 4A-II…