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A cold front that blasted its way into Allen County Thursday also made for some treacherous conditions on the tennis court for the Iola Invitational. Iola hosted Independence and Neodesha for matches postponed already once…

MORAN — An up-and-down 2024 baseball campaign is trending in the right direction for Marmaton Valley High. The Wildcats, who dropped their first seven games of the season, have experienced the other side of the…

HUMBOLDT — Iola and Humboldt’s junior varsity baseball and softball teams braved the elements  as they squared off against each Thursday, well after a cold front roared through the area, sending temps plummeting and the…

YATES CENTER — Warm and windy conditions greeted athletes taking part Tuesday in the Yates Center Middle School Invitational Track Meet. Of local note, Humboldt Middle School’s eighth-grade girls and seventh-grade boys both brought home…

While Iola High’s junior varsity track athletes competed against primarily smaller schools Tuesday at the Gene Farrow Invitational — an event hosted by Waverly High School and held at Iola’s Riverside Park — the quality…

Allen Community College’s Killer B’s created quite the buzz on the softball diamond Wednesday. Brooklyn Goehring and Bailee Campbell, Allen’s starting shortstop and second baseman, respectively, keyed a dramatic come-from-behind victory over visiting Highland. Goehring’s…

Allen Community College was able to take advantage of its scoring opportunities against Highland Wednesday, scoring five runs on four hits, including a go-ahead RBI single by Garrett Rusch in the bottom of the sixth,…

COFFEYVILLE — Four Iola High junior varsity golfers were greeted by high winds and a tough course with fast greens Tuesday at the Coffey Country Club. The Coffeyville Invitational marked the JV squad’s second tournament…

CHICAGO (AP) — Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and the struggling Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Wednesday for a doubleheader split that ended…

Are we sure Forrest Gump wasn’t talking about high school softball, instead of chocolates, when he noted you never know what you’re gonna get? Take Iola High’s Mustangs, who entered Tuesday’s doubleheader without the pitching…