After a sluggish start in Tuesday’s home match-up with ACCHS, the Royal Valley boys basketball team seemingly flipped a switch and pulled away in the second half on the way to a 51-25 victory.
Following one quarter of play, the Panthers were holding a 7-5 lead and struggling to gain any traction...
With some large, strong senior classes being lost to graduation last spring, this season could certainly be qualified as a rebuilding one for most of the Jackson County football teams.
Royal Valley was adapting to a coaching change, Jackson Heights was adapting to a string of injuries and Holton...
After a very successful fall sports season for the Lady Panthers, it’s no surprise the Royal Valley girls basketball program will be trying to build off that this winter.
For the girls on the volleyball team that took third at state and even for those not on the team, RV coach Corey Katzer said...
This season was a highly competitive one for volleyball teams around Jackson County as was evidenced in particular by the Holton and Royal Valley squads finishing in the top three of the Big Seven League standings, which led to a lot of highlights.
Royal Valley had a lot of those this fall as the...
While only one runner from Jackson County qualified for state cross country competition this season, that did not detract from the successes had by several Holton, Jackson Heights and Royal Valley runners this fall.
Among the female runners in the county, there was much progress made throughout the...
Competing in a couple of tough leagues this fall, including one that featured an eventual state runner-up, the Jackson County boys cross country teams held their own week in and week out.
Among the stiff competition, the Cobras, Panthers and Wildcats did not back down and earned some great...
For a team playing in its first state tournament in program history, which spans 40 years, there were bound to be some jitters for the Royal Valley volleyball team over the weekend, especially when the Panthers found themselves playing for a third-place trophy.
That certainly could have added to...
With the Holton football team having already locked up the district title, there may have appeared to be very little for the Wildcats to play for in Friday’s district finale against Royal Valley in Hoyt.
The Panthers had been eliminated from playoff contention the previous week and Royal Valley...
Winning a league trophy in the Big Seven in cross country is no easy feat. There are plenty of strong teams year in and year out, but the Royal Valley girls entered Thursday’s meet in Topeka riding some success (albeit after an extended break) and held their own on the way to a third-place team...