Neither Holton nor Royal Valley wanted to give up much ground in a county rivalry game on the basketball court Friday night. Both teams played hard-nosed defense and kept the other in check, but a key stretch late gave the Panther boys just enough separation to pick up a rare 43-32 victory in the...
After dropping a nail-biter on the road against Horton last Friday, the Jackson Heights girls basketball team flipped the script when it returned home to face St. Marys in a non-league contest on Monday night.
While the teams were neck-and-neck the whole way, the Cobras even trailed in the fourth...
After an explosive offensive outburst in last Tuesday’s win over Hiawatha, it looked like the Holton girls basketball team caught some of that lightning in a bottle and brought it with them to Hoyt on Friday for a rivalry game against Royal Valley.
Holton shot lights out from beyond the three-...
For 21 minutes, the Lady Panther basketball team had the Sabetha Blue Jays right where they wanted them. Through an impressive defensive showing and a hot start offensively, Royal Valley held a lead for most of the first three quarters against the second-ranked team in Class 3A.
In the final...
Jackson Heights’ boys basketball team found itself in an odd position on Tuesday night against Valley Falls in its first game back from break.
Used to being the aggressor and harassing teams with their defensive intensity, the Dragons gave the Cobras fits instead on the defensive end and JHHS...
While high school basketball in Jackson County was just heating up before the Christmas break, the middle school girls basketball season was winding down during that same time.
Like some of the county high school teams off to fast starts, though, several squads from Holton, Jackson Heights and...