MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Though Patrick Mahomes and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have had plenty of scares already, they’ve lost just one game, by one point. The frightening part for the rest…

HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa was back at Minute Maid Park, starring in the playoffs like he had so many times before. Only this time he was wearing a different uniform. Correa had three hits…

BEIJING (AP) — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday, for her tour-leading fifth title of the season. Swiatek’s triumph, in her first…

GIRARD — Iola High was staring down the barrel of its second-straight heartbreaking defeat Friday.  The Mustangs had seen a 21-0 lead mostly dissipate. Girard had closed the gap to 21-15 on back-to-back drives, and…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt ran into their first tough test of the season Friday night when they dropped a home matchup to Osage City, 36-22. The Cubs are 5-1. Humboldt’s defense has trouble slowing down Osage…

LOUISBURG — The Iola Mustang cross country team wrapped up its regular season at the Louisburg Invitational Thursday.  Iola’s boys varsity came in sixth place in the 5000-meter run. Blue Valley, Spring Hill and Louisburg…

PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley, Crest and Yates Center’s cross country runners earned top finishes at their final meet of the season in Pleasanton Thursday.  Crest’s Peyton Schmidt earned first place, while Aubrey Allen snatched seventh…

OSAGE CITY — Humboldt’s cross country team finished their regular season at the Osage City Invite Thursday.  Nathan Swogar finished in 12th place for the Humboldt boys junior varsity and McKenna Jones took 28th in…

BURLINGTON — The Iola eighth grade Mustangs came out on top while Iola’s seventh- graders were shut out by Burlington on the road Thursday.  The eighth grade Mustangs handily beat the Wildcats, 45-0, while Iola’s…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle School Cubs dominated Bluestem in a 56-0 victory at home Thursday.  It was the third shutout for Humboldt’s (4-2) defense this year.  The Cubs went up early when Truman Grzybowski…