PLEASANTON — Runners from Crest, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center excelled, particularly in the younger divisions at Thursday’s Pleasanton Invitational Cross Country Meet. The schools combined to have one varsity runner, Crest freshman Breakin Jones,…

YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s football team made it 4-for-4 to start the 2021 football season. Four games. Four wins. The Wildcats had little trouble dispatching visiting Oswego, 56-6, to also make it the…

The Iola Register’s Fall Sports 2021 magazine is included inside today’s issue. Information on football, volleyball, cross country and tennis teams for Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Crest, Yates Center and Southern Coffey County high schools…

YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley High prevailed over Yates Center High in a battle of the Wildcats Tuesday evening. Marmaton Valley’s volleyball team defeated host Yates Center in three sets, 25-12, 22-25 and 25-23 in…

Occasionally, coaches have the luxury of coaching an all-star team, a squad of the best players around. Crest High head coach Roland Weir nearly had that experience every time his Lancer squad suited up on…

The Wildcats ran wild in 2021. Yates Center High’s Wildcats, who roared through the softball season with an 18-4 record, and Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats, who compiled a 15-7 record on the season, were well…

courtesy of her third-place finish in the long jump; Blake Walker, who placed fourth in the shot put;  and Mateo Miller, who took fourth in the 300-meter hurdles. The top four finishers in each event…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Chris Holloway will cap his freshman year on the golf course with a trip to the state tournament. Holloway qualified via his sixth-place finish Monday at the Class 4A Regional Tournament…

HUMBOLDT — Crest High’s baseball team took care of business Monday, opening their Class 2-1A playoff run with an 11-0 victory over Yates Center. They did so by focusing on the little things — solid…

Marmaton Valley High’s track season continues to thrive this season, with the Wildcat girls claiming the Three Rivers League championship Thursday. This year’s league meet was split into two competitions. Field events were held Tuesday…