Tag: baseball

The Allen baseball team has caught ablaze as of late.  The Red Devils carry a 12-game win streak after a road sweep of Labette County, winning game one 7-0 and game two 16-3 in Parsons. …

Iola baseball went down to Neodesha and did what a team like the Mustangs should do to a team like the one-win Blue Streaks. They decimated them.  Iola moved to a perfect 12-0 after getting…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —The Royals wrapped up their 10-game road swing with a 10-run performance. Jakob Junis handcuffed the Tampa Bay Rays lineup for five innings before taking a line drive off his hand and…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The off-day and a temporary reset can’t get here soon enough for the Royals. Amidst the angst about the performance of the bullpen, the Tampa Bay Rays did the majority of…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before… Rainy weather wreaked havoc on the spring sports scene, especially in Iola, where home baseball, softball and track events were washed away before they got started. The only…

The defending 4A-II Pitcher of the Year announced on Monday that he is college-bound.  Iola senior shortstop and ace pitcher Derek Bycroft signed his national letter of intent to play baseball at Oklahoma Wesleyan, an…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mike Zunino’s first home run for the Tampa Bay Rays was one to remember. The veteran catcher was reinstated from the paternity list, three days after the birth of his…

The end of last week was chock-full of baseball and softball. Both Humboldt teams took second overall in their two tournaments while Yates Center baseball and softball swept Pleasanton, Marmaton Valley softball split at Chetopa…

INDEPENDENCE — The future was on display Thursday night in Independence when finally, after weeks of rain delays, Iola baseball played two series in a week.  Gone was the safety net of their two proven…

CHICAGO — Hunter Dozier’s 10th-inning home run on a 2-0 pitch lifted the Royals to their first road win of the season and avoided a series sweep at the hands of the Chicago White Sox…