CARBONDALE — The best part about ugly wins is that they count just as much in the standings as do the pretty ones, as Iola High head coach Kelsey Jonnson can attest. The Mustangs scuffled…

LE ROY — Marmaton Valley High’s boys “took care of business” Tuesday, taking control early against a short-handed Southern Coffey County squad. Marmaton Valley raced to leads of 15-4 after one quarter and 34-7 at…

ERIE — Five Humboldt High wrestlers can call themselves league champions this season. Humboldt’s Curt Shannon, Cole Mathes, Taevyn Baylor, Savannah Koch and Gabriela Vargas-Garcia won their respective weight divisions Tuesday at the Tri-Valley League…

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was time for Leonard Hamilton to step aside. He’s 76 years old and his Florida State basketball program has gotten stale. Still — even though Hamilton has had a great career…

RICHMOND — Crest High’s boys continued their winning ways Tuesday. The Lancers out-scored host Central Heights 20-4 over the second quarter to take the lead for good in a 48-29 victory. Crest led 27-15 at…

LEON — It was a matter of survive and advance Monday for Humboldt Middle School’s Lady Cubs. “We did not have a pretty game, but we got the job done,” Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James says he spent two days in disbelief after the Los Angeles Lakers traded away Anthony Davis, his close friend and teammate for 5 1/2 years. The top scorer in NBA…

Prices on the secondary-ticket market for Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans are much less than last year’s big game and declining, but still high by historical standards. The average price for the Kansas City Chiefs-Philadelphia Eagles game at…

It was an arm injury, of all things, that convinced Iola High senior Elza Clift that she needed to continue playing softball at the college level. Clift, a mainstay pitcher for Iola pretty much since…

LA CYGNE — March Madness came early for Iola Middle School. The Mustang seventh-graders were at Prairie View Monday, and despite leading most of the night, Iola found itself on the short end of a…