Marmaton Valley junior track and field athlete Cooper Scharff’s work in the offseason might just be the biggest reason why voters selected him as one of March’s Allen County Area Athletes of the Month. “I’ve…

WICHITA — Area athletes wrapped up their athletic year on the state’s grandest stage at the KSHSAA Track and Field Championship in Cessna Stadium last weekend. Although some failed to meet their expectations, it served…

The Iola High School Track and Field Team returned to work despite blistering winter weather still lingering into the spring.  With spring break just around the corner, it was back to basics for the Mustangs,…

PITTSBURG — Maddox Johnson received some new hardware this week. Johnson, a Humboldt High graduate entering his sophomore year at Pittsburg State University, received a watch this week for his work with the PSU national…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she…

ERIE — The USD 257 Unified Sports Special Olympics and Allen County Special Olympics teams traveled to Erie for the final track meet of the 2023-24 school year.  The locals performed brilliantly on a picturesque…

YATES CENTER — Warm and windy conditions greeted athletes taking part Tuesday in the Yates Center Middle School Invitational Track Meet. Of local note, Humboldt Middle School’s eighth-grade girls and seventh-grade boys both brought home…

Iola Middle School track and field athletes Reginald Davis, Kevon Loving, Haidyn Desmarteau and Cam Wille were at Iola Elementary School Monday to speak a little bit about why they enjoy the sport. The assembly,…

Humboldt High School athletes worked with throngs of youngsters on the basics of track and field events Wednesday at the USD 258 Sports Complex. Humboldt Elementary School students from kindergarten through second grade were hosted…

HUMBOLDT — Middle-schoolers from Iola and Yates Center were among the track and field athletes who ventured to Humboldt for the Humboldt Middle School Invitational. Iola’s seventh-grade girls and boys both won their respective team…