Tag: basketball

COLONY — The highlight of the Lancer girls’ 43-29 win over the Chetopa Hornets occurred in the game’s final seconds when Crest freshman Vivian Noah went to the foul line to shoot two. Noah isn’t…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving had 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists before a Madison Square Garden crowd eager to start the free agent wooing five months early, and the Boston Celtics beat…

A few words of gentle persuasion at halftime paid off for Iola Middle School’s Pony A team Thursday. Who are we kidding? Coach Ben Wiehm compared his speech at intermission to “a halftime reaming,” an…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School boys ended their 2019 basketball season with a flourish Thursday. The A team thumped visiting Leon Bluestem, 40-21, while the B team overcame an eight-point deficit at halftime to win,…

CARBONDALE — It’s games where points don’t come easily that you realize the value of a single point. For the Iola girls, that lone point was the difference between snapping a losing streak or piling…

AUSTIN, Texas — Kansas switched its starting lineup for the first time in eight games on Tuesday night at Texas. While the tinkering proved interesting — freshman Ochai Agbaji opened for Lagerald Vick and outscored…

LOS ANGELES — The New Orleans Pelicans are open to trading five-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers — but it’ll come at a hefty price. According to sources unauthorized to speak publicly…

Humboldt High School’s Reid Barnett and Maggie Johnson were crowned 2019 Winter Homecoming King and Queen during Friday’s home basketball games against Erie. Johnson’s night included hitting the tie-breaking 3-pointer in the Lady Cubs’ 43-40…

Crest hosted Uniontown on Friday and split with the boys winning 51-45 while the girls lost big to the Lady Eagles 59-36.  The win moves the Lancer boys to 5-8 overall while the girls drop…

Chanute’s pressure proved to be too great for the Fillies in their return home after tournament week last week.  The Blue Comets pressed Iola right into a loss, beating them 52-38 Friday after a close…