HUMBOLDT — Both Uniontown High teams found themselves on the short end of a pair of nail-biters Thursday.On the girls’ side, the early season clash featured a pair of standout performances, one from Uniontown; the…

MORAN — Defense turned the tables for Marmaton Valley High’s boys.“We had seven boys play, and all seven did a great job on defense,” Wildcat head coach Denny Lasley said.The defense helped turn an early…

Iola High junior Jerrik Sigg and 10 area eight-man football players garnered state recognition for the 2010 football season.The Topeka Capital Journal and Wichita Eagle released their 2010 All-State and All-Class football teams on Sunday.Sigg,…

jocelyn@iolaregister.comHUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs broke a 24-game losing streak Thursday night. The Lady Cubs toughed out a 27-23 win against Crest High’s Lady Lancers in the Humboldt preseason tournament.“Not since a substate semifinal…

FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s junior varsity basketball teams are playing in the Fort Scott High Junior High Invitational. It is a round-robin event.On Thursday, the Fillies’ junior varsity lost 61-22 to Chanute. Iola assistant…

GARNETT — Closer and closer the Iola High Mustangs are getting to that first win of the season.A 60-47 score doesn’t tell what really is happening on the court for the Mustangs this week. In…

GARNETT — Iola High’s Fillies found themselves being pushed out of their game early Thursday night. Not until they were looking up at a 12-point deficit did the Fillies begin to settle down.Burlington High’s Wildcats…

This week the National Marriage Project released a study charting the decline of the two-parent family among what it calls the “moderately educated middle” — the 58 percent of Americans with high school diplomas and…

While still just a seventh-grader at Iola Middle School, Abigail Taylor already has $1,000 tucked away for college.Taylor earned the $1,000 by winning a statewide essay contest about teachers, in which students were asked to…

LA HARPE — It would require a mighty big ribbon, but a new bathroom vanity makes a great Christmas present, said Don Diebolt, owner of Diebolt Lumber & Supply.The lumber yard compound south of La…