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Royal Valley's McKenzie Ogden (purple jersey) dribbles down the court on a fast break play during the Silver Lake basketball game on Dec. 13.

Royal Valley vs. Silver Lake

Holton Alumni Trent Tanking (58) runs down the football field on special teams for the Kansas State Wildcats at Bill Snyder Family Stadium during the KU vs. K-State game on Nov. 26.

KSU Wildcat Trent Tanking receives special teams MVP award

Jesse Ertz, Jordan Willis and Dante Barnett were named Kansas State’s 2016 offensive and defensive MVPs, while Colborn Couchman, Trent Tanking, Dominique Heath and Byron Pringle took home special teams MVP honors as the Wildcat football program held its annual awards ceremony Sunday at McCain...

Royal Valley senior Leondre Hale goes up for a lay up against Holton on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Royal Valley's Hale goes up for a lay up in against Holton

HHS vs RV basketball

Jackson Heights sophomore Trinity McMahon (20, right) puts up a shot against a pair of Immaculata defenders during Friday's Cobras-Raiders match-up in the JHHS gym. McMahon contributed three points to the Cobras' 52-29 win.

Jackson Heights sophomore Trinity McMahon puts up a shot against a pair of Immaculata defenders during Friday's Cobras-Raiders match-up

Royal Valley senior Jacob Box starts his match with his Topeka High opponent on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Box won this match by pin.

RV's Box goes 2-0 at Topeka High double dual

Kaitlynn (left) and Faith Little run for a "greater purpose." (Photo by Brian Sanders)

Little sisters run for a greater purpose

In the 1981 movie “Chariots of Fire,” there’s a line spoken by actor Ian Charleson, playing missionary and Olympic gold-medaling runner Eric Liddell, that Jackson Heights High School sophomore Faith Little and her older sister, 2015 JHHS graduate Kaitlynn Little, see as central to their lives. “...

Holton's Brandon Lehnherr (65) and Parker Zeller (55) hoist up the Sectional trophy after the 32-28 win over Frontenac. Other players pictured are: Tyler Price (32), Spencer Baum (28) and Miles McClintock-Strozier (7).

Holton Advances to Sub-State vs. Hayden

Wildcats vs. Raiders in sectional football

The 10-0 Frontenac Raiders of the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League in southeast Kansas will visit 6-4 Holton here in northeast Kansas Friday evening in the sectional round of the Kansas Class 4A-DII football playoffs. It will be a rematch from last year’s sectional playoff game in which Holton won...

Holton High School football players (from left) Carson Meerpohl, Tyler Price, Parker Zeller, Miles McClintock-Strozier, Mason Strader, Spencer Baum (with trophy) and Brandon Lehnherr celebrated after the Wildcats won their Class 4A-Division II regional playoff game against Baldwin by a score of 20-14. The Wildcats (6-4) will host Frontenac (10-0) at 7 p.m. this Friday in the sectional round of football playoffs. (Photo by Michael Powls)

Wildcats advance to sectionals with 20-14 win over Baldwin

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