INDEPENDENCE — Facing a bigger — both in numbers and in size — opponent Thursday night, Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade football team came up with a season-opening victory.Playing “iron-man” football, everybody playing both offense and…

GIRARD – — Humboldt High’s cross country runners competed in the Girard High Invitational Thursday.In the varsity boys’ race, Kendall West ran the 3.1-mile course in 21 minutes, 58 seconds for 25th. Dylan Greve was…

UNIONTOWN — After a tough loss last week, the Uniontown High Eagles team bounced back with a hard fought win Friday night over the Oswego High Indians, 40-30.After the Indians put the only points of…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Fillies had a rough day on the tennis courts at Independence Thursday.“It’s disappointing to come away with a second-place finish last week then turn around and not win any matches today,”…

FORT SCOTT — Cooler weather greeted runners at Thursday’s Fort Scott High Invitational cross country meet.Iola High’s Mustangs captured second place in both the varsity and junior varsity races. Labette County won the varsity boys’…

Iola High’s Fillies had the visiting Louisburg High Wildcats right where they wanted them. The Fillies were up 23-19 with the serve in the opening set of Thursday night’s match.The Wildcats got the serve back…

All of us recall where we were on Sept. 11, 2001.I was running late for work. Just brushed my teeth and walked back into the bedroom when the usual talk on NBC’s Today show was…

EUREKA — The Humboldt High Cub’s football team lost their second strait game, falling to the Eureka Tornados Friday night, 46-23, in Eureka.The Cubs started strong, putting the first points on the board after Noah…

COLONY — After the weather threatened to end the football game in Colony early Friday night, the Crest High Lancers decided to end it early anyway. The Lancers (1-1) got their first win of the…

PARSONS — Back-to-back plays put Iola High’s Mustangs behind the eight-ball Friday night. Despite scoring the first touchdown of the game, the Mustangs ended up losing 57-32 against Parsons High’s Vikings.Both teams were stopped on…