Next month, the Symetra Tour (the Ladies Professional Golf Association feeder tour) will return to Firekeeper Golf Course just outside of Mayetta for the 2015 Prairie Band Casino and Resort Charity Classic.
Like any event, growth is expected in the second year and that is something tournament...
While high school athletes get pulled in several different directions through the summer, one place they are all likely to congregate is in the weight room.
That has been the case for the Holton, Jackson Heights and Royal Valley athletes since late May and the weight rooms have remained full and...
While it would be easy for a team with as much recent success as the Holton High School wrestling squad to rest on its laurels, the Wildcats have done anything but that the past few summers.
After earning trophies (two firsts and a third in 2015) at the Class 4A state tournament the past three...
Given it’s late July, it’s plenty hot enough as it is, but for baseball fans the temperature may get cranked up even further with the midseason trade deadline looming this Friday.
The hot stove started heating up once again last Thursday when the Houston Astros nabbed pitcher Scott Kazmir in a...
The Jackson County Fair kicked off this past weekend with the fifth annual rodeo competition held on Friday and Saturday. The results for the rodeo are as follows:
Ranch Bronc
Friday, July 24
1. Rustin Dymond
Saturday, July 25
1. Quinter Brackenberry
Breakaway Roping
Friday, July 24
1. Shae...
If Jackson Heights’ summer football camp is any indication, then the high school team could be a small group this fall.
While the Cobras might not crack 30 players on the roster this season, according to coach Caleb Wick, what they lack in numbers they can make up for in toughness and that is...
Take one look at Holton native Forrestal Hickman and one of the first thoughts that will probably cross your mind is, ‘that guy looks like an NFL player.’
At 6’ 6” and 320 lbs., the question seemed to be where, rather then when, the 22-year-old undrafted rookie would get his shot at playing...
While running may be a more communal experience than some other sports, individual results are still measured by how far and how fast your legs can carry you.
For one local runner, her work has carried her onto a national stage and a great honor, as Mayetta’s Jamie Johnson-Shaffer is getting set...
Six Kansas City Royals played in the Major League Baseball All-Star game in Cincinnati on Tuesday night and, contrary to popular belief, the sport of baseball didn’t spontaneously combust.
That may be going a little far in summing up the backlash that the record-setting number of seven KC All-...
Like people and snowflakes, no two high school classes are quite alike. There may be some classes loaded with singular talents; others will be full of role players, and if this summer is any indication, the senior class on the Royal Valley High School boys basketball team will be loaded with...