Sports
In the span of a week now, the Holton volleyball team has faced off against the top three teams in the Big Seven League standings (prior to Tuesday night).
With the Wildcats dropping three of four matches to Sabetha and Nemaha Central last week, that forced the team to discuss some hard truths...
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...
On Friday night, it seemed like the only thing that could stop the Royal Valley football team in its home opener against Hiawatha was the clock.
From the opening kick, the Panthers took charge and never looked back, scoring on their first nine possessions on the way to a 61-6 victory to start...
When it comes to cinema, there is an unspoken truth that sequels are never better than the original. If last Friday’s football game between Silver Lake and Holton was any indication, then the same principle clearly does not apply to the realm of sports.
The season-opener in Holton between the...
With the Panthers hosting their first home matches of the volleyball season on Tuesday, there was already a great deal of excitement leading up to the night’s action. The fact that RVHS was doing so against perennial Big Seven League contender Nemaha Central only added to the hype.
Both Royal...
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...
