Month: November 2013

Endowment luncheon brings donors, students together   A culture of support has grown at Allen Community College over the past 90 years, and hundreds gathered to show their thanks to those who have contributed.The ACC…

Allen Community College’s cross country team still has high hopes as the national meet approaches.The Red Devils are the sixth-ranked NJCAA Division I team in the country, as per the final Hill-N-Dale rankings released Tuesday.Despite…

Independence Community College women’s season-opening victory over 13th nationally ranked Northern Oklahoma-Enid Saturday had a strong Iola flavor.Leslie Crane, a 1982 graduate of Iola High, coached her first game for the Lady Pirates and Kelsey…

Iola Middle School’s basketball season began Tuesday, with four Ponies teams going down to defeat to visiting Pittsburg.The seventh-grade A team nearly overcame a 12-3 deficit, coming up three points shy of tying the Purple…

HOWARD — Yates Center High’s magic carpet ride that is the 2013 football season continued in remarkable fashion Tuesday.The Wildcats, in their first playoff appearance in 23 years, pulled off a 38-36 win against a…

HUMBOLDT — With Mother Nature making her presence felt, Humboldt High wasn’t able to do much on offense Tuesday.Turns out, it didn’t need to.The Cubs withstood a wet, gusty south wind, and then withstood a…

HOWARD — Yates Center High ended a couple of noteworthy streaks in 2013.The Wildcats were rewarded with one of the strongest teams in the state to open the Kansas Eight Man, Division I playoffs tonight.Yates…

HUMBOLDT — A rematch of sorts is in store for Humboldt High’s Cubs tonight when they open the Class 3A football playoffs against Central Heights, although many key characters have changed.Humboldt thumped the visiting Vikings,…

A group of 50 youngsters showed off their prowess on the soccer fields this fall.Now, organizers are eager to see the soccer program expand even further.Three teams from Iola capped successful seasons with a tournament…

They made the home crowd sweat it out a bit more than they had hoped, but Allen Community College’s men picked up their second win in as many games Monday night to start the 2013-14…