For the Jackson Heights cross country team, it might have felt like the competition had a head start in Thursday’s Holton Invitational.
Most of the teams at the meet, in fact, were running in their second race of the season, while the Cobras were getting set for their first. For a young team like...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
While the Jackson Heights boys basketball team entered the summer with a few holes to fill after the graduation of a small but crucial senior class, it was nothing compared to the rebuilding job that needed to be done prior to last season.
In addition, the Cobras were afforded the stability of...
For 36 years, Jackson Heights coach Lyle Alley has cultivated a familial atmosphere in the Cobra cross country program.
“We have been a family in Jackson Heights cross country. That’s the way I’ve always approached it,” Alley said. “Even to this day, I’ll see runners who ran for me in 1979 and...
One former Wildcat is getting set to take her chances in the Cobra pit as HHS alumnus Kaylee Mick (’11) recently accepted the head volleyball coaching position at Jackson Heights High School.
Growing up with a fondness for both volleyball and softball and seeing how the sports could shape young...