Sports

Iola High’s junior varsity baseball team earned a doubleheader split against Santa Fe Trail Tuesday to wrap up the JV schedule. The Mustangs prevailed, 7-2, in the opening game before dropping a 7-4 decision in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Willy Adames had been chatting up the Royals fans behind the Milwaukee dugout all game, the good-natured ribbing carrying on as the Brewers jumped out to a two-run lead and…

DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to…

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s clay-court form is slowly rounding into shape. Not that nearly invincible shape that the tennis world grew accustomed to over the past two decades. But a shape that the 22-time…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School ended its 2024 track and field season with a bang Monday. The Mustang athletes brought home plenty of gold — nine individual event champions — while the IMS seventh-grade girls…

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Pittsburg State University’s storied track and field team had a bit of a local flavor as the Gorilla men’s team won their fourth consecutive MIAA team championship over the weekend. Humboldt natives…

A cool north wind did little to chill the fun Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park as the City of Iola and USD 257 hosted a Youth Track Meet for youngsters from preschool through sixth grade.…

With the longest high school baseball season on record in the rear view mirror, a number of tantalizing matchups beckon for area teams as they hit the postseason this week. Iola, Humboldt, Crest, Marmaton Valley…

MELVERN — Marmaton Valley High’s remarkable baseball resurgence continued Friday. The Wildcats, who were unable to field enough players for a team as recently as 2020, ended their 2024 regular season campaign on a 10-game…

CHANUTE — It started as a tennis match. But after 2½  glorious hours of building tension, trading volleys and finally pulling out a heart-pounding three-set classic over Fort Scott’s Malachi Larson and Mykael Lewis, Iola…