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The young and talented Yates Center golf team has started the season on a tear. They’ve finished first in their first two varsity tournaments while placing multiple individuals in the top 10.  The Wildcats opened…

The Humboldt track and field team competed at Yates Center on Tuesday and out of the 11 boys teams and 10 girls teams competing, both Cub teams finished eighth.  Humboldt took a smaller squad to…

After a strong 5-1 start to the season, the Marmaton Valley softball team ran headlong into undefeated powerhouse Jayhawk-Linn and fell on the road in both games, 12-1 and 13-3.  Both teams were locked in…

Yates Center baseball earned a road split on Thursday when they traveled to West Elk.  The Wildcats won the first game 15-1 before falling in game two 10-7. Yates Center moves to 3-5 overall with…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The changes that have already taken place at Kansas State under new football coach Chris Klieman are evident from the moment you walk onto the practice field. For one thing, you…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Among all the changes that have taken place at Kansas since Les Miles was hired to resurrect the moribund football program, the easiest to notice is the title of the spring…

MIAMI (AP) — The last spot in the NBA playoffs went to the Detroit Pistons. Their reward: A series against MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. The drama of the regular season went…

Iola Middle School hosted its annual home track meet — renamed the Terry Lower Invitational last year — on Tuesday. Out of the 20 teams in attendance, all four Iola teams placed inside the top…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even baseball’s hottest hitter can’t keep pace with the Seattle Mariners right now. Mitch Haniger hit a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Mariners over…

We will begin with the optimistic view of the next trial set to rock college basketball, but maybe we should first pause to define optimism. Because there are no purely positive outcomes left. The sport…