Sports
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...
On a big stage, several area athletes turned in strong postseason performances this past weekend. Among them were some athletes from ACCHS and Wetmore.
At the Class 3A state cross country meet in Lawrence, the Atchison County girls turned in another stellar effort as the team finished fifth and...
While the Holton football team started competition in a new district on Friday, the results didn’t look any different than they have the past couple of years.
The Wildcats got out to a big lead early and made the plays when needed to earn a comfortable 38-6 win over new district foe Jeff West,...
The postseason is approaching for the Wetmore and Atchison County teams, meaning the competitive intensity is picking up.
That pressure seems to be no trouble for the Cardinal and Tiger cross country teams as both turned in some of the best performances of the week for the area teams.
In its...
Since the Holton girls golf program has been around, the team hasn’t been without a representative at the 4A state meet. That was no different this year as Quinn Holaday qualified for state competition and represented the Wildcats at Dub’s Dread Golf Course in Kansas City on Monday.
While the...
Big Seven League football standings
Team League Overall
Holton 5-0 6-1
Nemaha Central 5-1 5-2
Sabetha...
Postseason competition for high school volleyball and cross country teams around Kansas will start this weekend, with squads aiming to keep their seasons alive.
For both Holton and Royal Valley volleyball, that will be a tough task as they enter competition in arguably two of the toughest sub-...
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...
While a bad case of déjà vu might have started to sink in early for Jackson Heights in a district football game against Valley Falls on Friday, any bad memories brought up at the start of the game quickly became an afterthought on the way to a 34-14 victory.
“It was a total team effort on Friday...
Panther volleyball comes up big at home in sweep of Kaws
photo
By Kelly Breckunitch
With the way the Panther volleyball team started on Tuesday night, an easy sweep looked to be in the cards in a pair of league matches at home against Perry-Lecompton.
It may not have turned out to be that...
