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For much of the season, the Royal Valley boys cross country team has been chasing down plenty of tough competition, focusing in particular on Big Seven foes Hiawatha and Sabetha.
The Panthers finally caught up to their prey and pounced at the league meet in Perry on Thursday, as the RVHS boys...
It may not have been perfect, but the Jackson Heights football team overcame some early struggles to close out its homecoming game strong on the way to a 46-8 victory over Onaga on Friday.
From the way the game started, it actually seemed the Cobras would face little resistance from the Buffalos...
Compared to last year, any outcome at the regional tournament would have been better for the Holton girls golf team.
Last fall, the Wildcats slogged through some miserable weather that greatly affected the team’s final results.
It was a night and day difference in Meriden on Tuesday, as Holton...
Going into the heart of its football schedule, there were bound to be some road bumps for fourth-ranked (Class 4A-DII) Royal Valley. While they presented themselves early in the team’s final non-district game at Sabetha on Friday, the Panthers quickly adjusted course and cruised in the second...
Both Holton coach Janelle Noel and Royal Valley coach Denise Visocsky were quick to point out before the season how much of a dogfight Big Seven competition could be.
Never did their words ring truer than when the rival Wildcats and Panthers met on the court for a pair of matches in Holton on...
After having so much success at the high school level, it’s not surprising to see many Jackson County athletes moving on to the collegiate level and continuing to pile up the accolades.
That’s just what several former Cobras, Panthers and Wildcats have been doing this fall, turning in strong...
Competition is heating up for area cross country teams with regionals drawing near and both Jackson Heights and Royal Valley got a taste of that in the Horton Invitational last Thursday.
One of the largest meets of the season (along with the following meet in Sabetha), Horton served as sort of a...
With less than a month until postseason competition starts, area teams learned their fates last week as regional and sub-state assignments were announced.
Following the classification changes the previous week, that meant there was plenty of shifting for area teams regarding postseason...
Since a big breakthrough at the Lyndon tournament more than two weeks ago, the Jackson Heights volleyball team has been stuck in a rut. To be fair, the Cobras have also faced three of the top four teams in the Northeast Kansas League in their matches following that tournament, but the coaches and...
From the way the game started on Friday, it looked like the Holton football team was primed to open up and roll to a big victory on the road in Hiawatha.
While the Wildcats took a commanding 27-0 lead into halftime, they got bogged down in a quagmire in the second half as sloppy play persisted in...
