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HUMBOLDT — Iola wasn’t about to go down without a fight. After a 3-0 loss to Silver Lake in their opening game of the AA American Legion Zone Tournament Friday, Iola’s Post 15 Indians responded…

CHANUTE — Some inexplicably sloppy play has Iola’s junior American Legion squad in a pinch. Pittsburg took full advantage of five Iola A Indian fielding errors in the first four innings, taking a 2-0 lead…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Matt Harvey ended his nine-game losing skid with his best performance in years, pitching six crisp innings and sending the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals 5-0 Sunday. Harvey…

HUMBOLDT — Iola’s road to a possible state baseball tournament berth just got a bit trickier. The Post 15 AA American Legion Indians ran into the sterling pitching of Silver Lake’s Conner Pruyser, who pitched…

Noah Schowengerdt is your prototypical 13-year-old. His passion — sports, sports and sports. His favorite? “Whatever’s in season,” he said. “I like them all.” He’s done quite well at pretty much all of them, too.…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: girls from Humboldt are pretty good at softball. The Humboldt girls softball team took home first in the Chanute Recreation Summer League. Members are, front row from left,…

On Wednesday, Iola’s swim team finished races from a home meet against Humboldt and Independence that had been postponed from june 30. Results for Iola and Humboldt swimmers follow. Boys 6-and-under 25-yard butterfly 1. Beau…

Kevin Love has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right calf injury, forcing the U.S. basketball team to replace two players on its roster. Veteran center JaVale McGee and Spurs guard Keldon Johnson will…

Pigtail League Tournament Semifinal – Nelson Quarries 11, Farm Bureau – Mark Larson 3. Hits for Nelson Quarries: Kyleigh Chapman-Burris, s, d; Kinzley Fountain, s, 3 d; Kaunna Willard, 3 s, d; Evie Schooler, s;…

HUMBOLDT — The Zone tournament schedule has changed slightly for Iola’s AA American Legion baseball team. The Indians will open tournament play Friday, but now they will take on either Silver Lake or Wamego at…