HOUSTON (AP) — After falling behind early on, Houston chipped away at Kansas City’s lead before one mighty swing by Yordan Alvarez completed the Astros’ biggest comeback win of the season. Alvarez homered with two…

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Before being interviewed on Centre Court about his return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Nick Kyrgios traded in his all-white grass-court shoes for a red-and-white pair of basketball sneakers, and swapped out…

HOUSTON (AP) — After falling behind early on, Houston chipped away at Kansas City’s lead before one mighty swing by Yordan Alvarez completed the Astros’ biggest comeback win of the season. Alvarez homered with two…

The remarkable success on the baseball diamond translated to another armload of postseason accolades for Iola High and Crest High. Three from Iola and four from Crest earned first-team all-state honors from Sports In Kansas,…

Reece Murry didn’t let anything like an appendectomy slow her down this season. The Iola High senior missed a good chunk of the middle of the 2022 season after her appendix was removed. Nevertheless, Murry…

Twenty Iola High School volleyball players took part in offseason drills during a summer camp session Monday through Thursday. The players were drilled on fundamentals and learning news systems, head coach Amanda Holman siad. “…

Pigtail League Emprise Bank 16, Nelson Quarries 9. Hits for Emprise: Gracie Yoder, 5 s; Charley Kerr, s, 4 d; Abby Boeken, 4 s, d; Rylee Weast, 4 s; Bayleigh Scheibmeir, 3 s; Autumn Buchanan,…

Mixed 7-8 100-yard freestyle relay 3. Iola (Brigham Smith, Wren Clift, Luuly Tran, Liam Ilimaleota), 2:02.09 Mixed 9-10 100-yard medley relay 3. Iola (Mariah Mathis, Anna Klubek, Moira Springer, Lee Wanker), 1:56.54 100-yard freestyle relay…

LENEXA — Iola’s 13U Mustangs baseball team captured second place in their state championship tournament over the weekend. After going 1-1 in pool play Saturday, the Mustangs  went 3-1 Sunday, falling 5-4 in the championship…

CHICAGO — For many of the women and girls playing baseball this summer, the Rockford Peaches — a team that hasn’t played in more than 60 years —  remain a source of inspiration. One of…