In the past two seasons, the Royal Valley boys basketball team has been knocking on the door of some next level success.
A year after an upset victory that pushed them into the sub-state semifinals, the Panthers followed that up by coming one win short of reaching the state tournament last season...
For the Jackson Heights boys, there may be some bonds even stronger than basketball holding the team together this season.
Richter, Olberding, Jacobsen, Thomas and Holliday; all of these are familiar names to fans and supporters of Cobra basketball. Now, it is time for some younger brothers to...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Holton boys basketball team is under the gun with the start of the season rapidly approaching.
With the success of the football team, it has almost become de rigueur for the basketball squad to be playing catch-up in late November and early December....
As HHS girls basketball coach Jon Holliday has been noted to say about his team’s success through the years, it’s the same song, just a different verse. The how doesn’t change too much, just the why and the who behind the success.
Last year was more of the same, despite having a very young group...
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...
If practice makes perfect, then the Jackson Heights girls basketball team is certainly headed in the right direction entering the 2014-2015 season.
The Cobras have brought a workmanlike attitude to practices so far this season, focusing on the task at hand, and head coach Dan Shupe said that...
Some area youth teams recently ended the fall slate with a bang, such as the Jackson Heights fifth and sixth-grade tackle football team.
The Cobras competed in the Topeka YMCA Tackle Football League where they finished 3-4 overall in the regular season before roaring through the playoff field on...
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...
Football, as has been stated an immeasurable number of times, is a game of inches and that very much proved to be the case in Holton’s sectional showdown in Columbus on Friday.
Holding a six-point lead with a little over 13 seconds left in the game, the Wildcat defense forced the Titans into a...
With the fall transitioning into winter, some collegiate athletes from Jackson County have or are wrapping up their seasons, while others are just getting started.
Some of those athletes who have closed out the fall season include some highly successful spikers on the volleyball court, like JHHS...