YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s boys and girls opened the 2020-21 season on a sour note Friday. The Wildcat boys fell behind 15-10 after one quarter and 30-15 at halftime of a 56-37 defeat…

Luke Bycroft entered a subdued Iola High Mustang locker room Friday. Even though Iola had gutted out a 46-44 win over a taller, more physical bunch from Anderson County, the Mustang players knew they hadn’t…

Schools across the area will  keep their fans in the know by streaming sporting events online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s high school sports governing body ruled last week that fans are to stay…

The winter sports season for area high schools will start as planned, with a slightly longer-than-normal break in the middle for the holidays, and without fans in the stands for the first two months. The…

Kelsey Johnson’s first full week of practice as head basketball coach at Iola High School has been an exhaustive one. It started at the stroke of midnight Monday morning, and continued with two-a-day sessions. Johnson,…

The 2019-20 school year has been a wild ride for Iola High senior Gabby Richards, and she isn’t afraid to admit it.  “My senior year was pretty interesting,” Richards said. “From going to state in…

Bailey Griffith’s senior year took a tailspin when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on Feb. 18 during Marmaton Valley’s senior night game against Chetopa. The injury derailed her hopes to lead the Wildcats…

Three years as an assistant coach at St. Mary’s-Colgan middle and high school helped prepare former Iolan Clint Heffern for a head coaching position.  On Monday, Fort Scott High School announced Heffern would be taking…

Last year as a junior, Calvin Delich’s baseball season couldn’t have gone any better.  Delich finished with a team-high .533 batting average, and also snagged a spot on the Kansas All-State first team. So, heading…

Iola Mustangs senior Cal Leonard, junior Landon Carson, and senior Calvin Delich all received All-State honors from Sports in Kansas.  Leonard was named to the All-State second team, and led the Mustangs with 16 points…