Sports

Jackie Stiles leads basketball youth camp here

The Holton Youth Basketball Association (HYBA) brought basketball legend Jackie Stiles to Holton yesterday (Tuesday) for a three-hour basketball skills camp. Stiles is known nationally for her amazing work ethic demonstrated by her making 1,000 shots a day. She was a superstar at Claflin High...

K-State’s Romaine, Swanson Named to Preseason All-Big 12 Team

Kansas State junior linebacker Austin Romaine and senior tight end Will Swanson earned nods on the 2025 Preseason All-Big 12 team as voted on by media representatives who cover the league, the conference office announced on Monday, July 7. Both players are coming off All-Big 12 seasons as...

Washburn University Athletics celebrates its best year ever

Washburn Athletics is coming off its most successful year in university history. The Ichabods finished 15th in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, a national ranking among all NCAA Division II universities, and second in the MIAA Commissioner’s Cup, which reflects team success in the highly...

Softball and baseball regional tournament brackets

ACCHS track competes at St. Marys invitational (5/5/25)

By Kendra Moppin Track and field athletes from Atchison County Community High School traveled to St. Marys on Friday, May 2, to compete in the Ray Kovar invitational track meet. Results were as follows. Team Scores Boys: 1. Sabetha 154, 2. Osage City 114, 3. Rock Creek 96, 4. St. Marys 51, 5....

ACCHS JV track comptes at Osage City invitational (4/29/25)

By Kendra Moppin Atchison County Community High School’s junior varsity track and field team competed in the Osage City JV invitational track meet on Tuesday, April 29. Results of the meet were as follows. Team Scores Boys: 1. Osage City 168, 2. Madison 54, 3. (tie) Lyndon and Santa Fe Trail 49, 5...

HMS hosts track meet on April 22

By Kendra Moppin Holton Middle School hosted a track meet on Tuesday, April 22. Holton’s seventh and eighth-grade boys’ teams both came in second place with scores of 150.5 and 120, respectively, while both Lady Wildcat teams finished in third place. More results were as follows. Team Scores 7th...

ACCMS track competes at Sabetha

By Kendra Moppin The ACCMS Tigers traveled to Sabetha for a track meet on Thursday, April 24. Results of the meet were as follows. Team Scores 8th Grade Boys: 1. Marysville 153.5, 2. Atchison 126.5, 3. Sabetha 123, 4. ACCMS 76 and 5. Hiawatha 74. 7th Grade Boys: 1. Hiawatha 197, 2. Marysville 181,...

Royal Valley eighth-grader Xander Harding hit a personal best of 12’ 0” (3.66m) in the pole vault event at the Santa Fe Trail Invitational on April 15. That mark ranks Harding among the best in Kansas and also among the best in the nation among middle school pole vaulters.

HMS, RVMS track competes at Silver Lake Invitational

By Kendra Moppin Middle school tracksters from Holton and Royal Valley competed in the Santa Fe Trail Junior High invitational track meet on Tuesday, April 15. The Holton seventh grade boys team came in first place with a score of 148.5, and Royal Valley’s seventh grade girls team secured a second-...

ACCMS track competes at Pleasant Ridge

By Kendra Moppin Atchison County Community Middle School track and field athletes competed in a meet hosted by Pleasant Ridge on Tuesday, April 22. Results were as follows. Team Scores 7th Grade Boys: 1. Pleasant Ridge 113, 2. McLouth 76, 3. Everest 70, 4. Oskaloosa 56, 5. ACCMS 52, 6. Valley Falls...