YATES CENTER — The Yates Center boys basketball team entered Monday’s matchup with eighth-seeded Madison as massive favorites, and the top-seeded Wildcats didn’t disappoint.Yates Center doubled up the over-matched Madison squad with a 60-30 rout…

It has been a terrific senior campaign thus far for Baker University star Kelsey Larson.The 2012 Iola High School  graduate has led the Wildcats to a 26-4 record overall and a 23-2 record in Heart…

HUMBOLDT — The Cubs just didn’t seem right early against Southeast (Cherokee) in Monday’s substate game in Humboldt.The top-seeded Cubs clung to a 17-15 lead midway though the second quarter against the eighth-seeded Lancers and…

Quentin Blaue’s put-back buzzer-beating attempt teased fans in Allen Community College’s home finale on Saturday against Cloud Community College.With the score tied at 70-70 and with Cloud just having squandered a chance to win it…

The substate brackets have all been released and here is how it stacks up for our area teams in their playoff openers.The Mustangs are the two seed in the Parsons substate bracket and will play…

HAYS — The white-headed fellow spent two days at the classes 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament here tucked in the staging area for Smith Center’s elite team. He called the boys by first names, but, he…

SALINA — A lot of times, we look for leaders in sports based on what position they play or which sport they choose.For example, Iola seniors Ben Cooper and Sydney Wade are about as stereotypical…

SALINA — Heavyweight matches at the state level are often decided by the slimmest of margins. That was the case Friday afternoon in the State Championship’s first round bout between Iola’s Colton Toney and Abilene’s…

HAYS — Humboldt High’s Dagen Goodner opened his Class 3-2-1A state wrestling competition in dramatic fashion Friday.Goodner’s takedown of Herington’s Richard Hagerman with 2 seconds left in the third and final round of their first…

The tone setter for the Iola Mustangs on Thursday wasn’t one of the eight Mustangs that found their way into the scoring column. In fact, the only stats that show up in the official scorer’s…