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Junior Bitty Ball League Emprise Bank 13, Sonic Drive-In 7. Hits for Emprise: Burke Trammell, 3 s; Huck Tidd, 3 s; Brooks Stinnett, 3 s; Wiley Jessup, s, 2 d; Wade Vaughn, 3 s; Kingston…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Speedway returned to life Friday, after a week’s hiatus, with a night crammed with racing action. The speedway was idle the week prior to a special race, the Ed Gressel Memorial Race…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gregg Berhalter gave a single-word answer after the United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a loss to Uruguay when asked whether he was the right man to…

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz already owns three Grand Slam titles, including from Wimbledon a year ago, and yet he spoke after his opening victory at this year’s edition of the tournament about feeling nervous…

LOS ANGELES — We should all enjoy a Bobby Bonilla Day. But we don’t. Only one 61-year-old former ballplayer receives a payment of $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets every July 1 through 2035. Why?…

EMPORIA — Humboldt High graduate Sam Hull donned the orange and black one final time Saturday. Hull, who is headed to Emporia State University to play football for the Hornets in the fall, caught one…

Quick starts told the tale Friday as Iola’s Junior American Legion squad hosted the Colony Lancers. Iola scored two in the first and three in the third and rolled from there in a 9-1 victory…

Junior Pixie League J&J Contractors 15, American Family Insurance 9. Hits for J&J Contractors: Charlee Granere, 4 s; Maya Conley, 4 s; Elcie Manbeck, 3 s; Aubrey Buck, 3 s; Palmer Knight, 3 s; Aubrey…

FORT SCOTT — Give ’em an inch… Iola’s Senior American Legion squad extended its winning streak to 12 games Thursday, by taking full advantage of some erratic late pitching, and doing so in dramatic fashion.…

The Iola Seahorses swim team was in Independence Wednesday for a meet. Results follow: Girls 6 and under 25-yd butterfly — 1. Jewell Chapman, 41.00 25-yd backstroke — 2. Chapman, 41.82; 3. Charlee Granere, 56.13…