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COLONY — Crest High dropped its second straight district game Friday, commmitting four turnovers in a 50-14 setback to Waverly. “Right now we are struggling to figure out who we are going to be,” Lancer…

Iola 34, Anderson County 7 Humboldt 50, West Franklin 7 Yates Center 62, Cedar Vale-Dexter 0 West Elk 62, Marmaton Valley 14 Waverly 50, Crest 14 Statewide Andale 48, Hesston 0 Andover 49, Wichita Heights…

Iola High saw both sides of the coin Thursday. After a painful start against unbeaten Eureka — the Tornadoes scored the game’s first 12 points en route to a 25-4, 25-10 victory — and an…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders, even down a couple of players, showed plenty of grit Thursday in a 26-16 win over Prairie View. “We played hard,” head coach Scott Ellis said. “Prairie View gave us a…

YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s B team picked up a straight-sets win on the volleyball court Thursday. Marmaton Valley toppled Yates Center, 25-20, 25-8. Jetta Mathews paced MV with 14 points, followed by…

The Red Devil Diamond Club, a group of former Allen Community College baseball players and coaches, will gather in Iola next week for their Alumni Weekend celebration. On top of a dedication ceremony for the…

RICHMOND — Local runners are rounding into form as the 2021 cross country season enters the home stretch. Iola High’s Mustangs placed three of the top seven runners, and five of the top 17, to…

YATES CENTER — There’s one thing Dan Uhlrich knows about his Marmaton Valley Junior High football team. “I’ve got a group of kids where it doesn’t matter what the score is, they’re gonna play hard…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma hasn’t played a true road game in nearly two years thanks to the pandemic, which forced those schools that did allow fans last year to limit capacity, and four consecutive…

Lance Leipold looks at Iowa State and sees what he hopes will be the future of his Kansas football program. Before Matt Campbell took over the Cyclones in 2016, only once since 1989 did they…