Competing on its home court for the first time this season, JHHS volleyball coach Kaylee Mick said her team might have been a little anxious leading up to its non-league matches against Bishop Seabury and Onaga on Thursday night.
That may have caused some issues in the first match, a loss to...
High school football season kicks off with week one games this Friday, holding plenty of enticing match-ups for fans around Kansas to get excited about.
In Jackson County alone there will be some high stakes right away, especially with Holton getting ready to host Silver Lake in another much-...
There is always some nervousness going into the first volleyball game of the season, Holton High School volleyball coach Janelle Noel admitted, and you can never know for certain how a team will perform.
While the Wildcats had some rough patches here and there on the road in Leonardville on...
New Jackson Heights cross country coach Brad Alley is in a familiar spot and not just because he returned to his alma mater this fall.
Already, Alley said he is noticing similarities between the 2015 Cobra cross country runners and his first squad at Royal Valley High School.
That, too, was a...
Given the historic season the Royal Valley volleyball team put together last fall; setting a school record for wins (26), claiming the program’s first sub-state championship and making its first-ever state tournament appearance, the Panthers weren’t lacking for success.
What the team was lacking...
Redemption may be a key theme for the Jackson Heights High School football team this season, considering how the 2014 campaign played out.
After leading the Cobras to a playoff appearance and a league title in his first two seasons, JHHS coach Caleb Wick saw his team decimated by injuries last...
If you organize it, they will come. At least, that’s what Holton High School softball coach John Deitrich is hoping for as he moves forward with plans for the “Lila Belle (LB) Fall Softball League” in Holton to begin competition this September.
For the inaugural season, sign-up is open to...
On the surface, last season seemed like a pretty typical one for the Holton High School football team.
The Wildcats rolled to a 9-2 overall record, claiming league and district titles in the process, and they were only derailed in the playoffs by a team (Columbus) that eventually represented the...
Participation in collegiate sports can be quite a balancing act along with a full academic load, something Holton native and former NFL strength and conditioning coach Russ Riederer knows all too well.
That is why Riederer and his family have set up a scholarship in memory of his late mother,...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The son of a highly regarded prep football coach in northern Kansas gets set to wrap up a sterling high school career before suiting up collegiately for the Kansas State University football team.
Holton High School senior Mason Barta is in that position...