OSAWATOMIE — Luke Bycroft, head coach for the Iola Mustangs, knows he’s going to have to better prepare his boys for playing on the road. On Tuesday, the Mustangs lost by one point at Osawatomie,…

OSAWATOMIE — February has been a long month for the Iola Fillies. After enjoying a three-game winning streak in January, the Fillies had lost four consecutive games entering Tuesday’s matchup in Osaawatomie. In fact, the…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s girls may have lost more than a basketball game Tuesday. The Wildcats lost the services of Bailey Griffith, their leading scorer and only senior, with a knee injury in the…

MORAN — While they’ve not tasted victory on the basketball court this season, Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats have made small, but steady steps to a brighter future, head coach Gavin Cole said. “It’s a process,”…

Scoring only two points and missing a buzzer beater for the win against Prairie View was still fresh in the mind of Iola High’s Landon Carson.  On Friday against Anderson County, Carson flipped the script,…

A 19-point performance from Kelsey Morrison wasn’t enough to save the Iola Fillies on Friday against Anderson County.  The Fillies enjoyed a three-point lead heading into the fourth, but couldn’t hold on, losing 42-37. The…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s girls came up one point shy of a magical comeback Friday night. The Lady Cubs trailed visiting Fredonia by 15 at the break and by 13 in the fourth quarter before…

Iola Fillies head coach Becky Carlson didn’t pull any punches when describing Tuesday’s 50-45 loss to Prairie View.   “You can’t blame standing around, throwing bad passes, and those kinds of things on the referee,”…

Iola High’s Dillon Bycroft inbounded the ball from the far sideline with 1.5 seconds to go and the Mustangs trailing Prairie View by one in the fourth quarter.  Bycroft found Landon Carson atop the key,…

COLONY — The Crest Lancers put to bed a five-game losing streak with a 44-35 win over Hartford.  For head coach Travis Hermreck, it wasn’t pretty, but he’ll take it.  “It was an ugly win…