In the spring of 1974, Jerry Smith was still new to Iola Junior High School. He’d been hired the previous fall as an assistant to Iola High football coach Ray Houser, and as such, his…

INDEPENDENCE — Jeremy Sellman had an early hunch Thursday was going to be a special one for the Iola High golf team. The Mustangs’ three top golfers, seniors Xander Sellman and Christopher Holloway and sophomore…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s softball team continues to make things happen with its aggressive baserunning. The Lady Cubs stole a jaw-dropping 55 bases over the course of two games Thursday, rolling past visiting Fredonia, 17-2…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High started on fire and never looked back Thursday. The Cubs erupted for 11 first-inning runs and held Fredonia without a baserunner in a 16-0 victory. Then, somehow, Humboldt did even better…

COLONY — Forgive Jayhawk-Linn High’s baseball players if they were seeing double by the time they went home Thursday. In both games of their doubleheader against host Crest High, the Lancers started out strong before…

UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley High had a tough go of it on the road Thursday.  Host Uniontown scored eight runs over the first two innings of their opener. Then, when the Wildcats struck back with…

COLONY — A pitchers’ duel went sour for Crest High’s softball team Thursday The Lady Lancers were locked in a scoreless deadlock with visiting Jayhawk-Linn through the first four innings of their doubleheader before the…

PITTSBURG — A shorthanded Iola High tennis team acquitted itself quite well Thursday as the Mustangs ventured to the Pittsburg Invitational. Iola was without its No. 1 singles team of Ethan Riebel and Brody Thompson…

A pair of sterling pitching performances Thursday, accentuated by several key hits, gave Allen Community College’s softball team a doubleheader sweep. The Red Devils broke a 4-4 tie with Paxton Meyer’s solo home run to…

On a pressure-packed day in which both teams scored a combined 37 runs over the course of their doubleheader, the proceedings came down to a bunt. With one out in the top of the ninth,…