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For a Holton wrestling team that went 4-1 in a dual tournament with several 5A and 6A teams to start the season, with its only loss coming by two points to the top-ranked team in Class 4A (Chanute), any minor strides forward would have been enough to make its next opponents wary.
Add in the fact...
Clearly, the Panthers did not get enough basketball in last Friday as they followed up a double overtime win over Hiawatha with another win in extra periods against Riverside on Tuesday night.
This time, the RV boys needed just one extra session as they held off the Cyclones at home for a 49-46...
When you’re hot, you’re hot and compared to the first two games of the season, the Lady Wildcats were practically scorching on the offensive end in Friday’s basketball game at Atchison County.
After a blazing start in which Holton scored nearly as many points (38) in the first half as it did in...
After a sluggish start in Tuesday’s home match-up with ACCHS, the Royal Valley boys basketball team seemingly flipped a switch and pulled away in the second half on the way to a 51-25 victory.
Following one quarter of play, the Panthers were holding a 7-5 lead and struggling to gain any traction...
Early on in the Cobras’ opening game of the basketball season against Immaculata on Friday, it seemed like the Jackson Heights boys could do no wrong on offense.
Jackson Heights hardly missed any shots on the offensive end and built up a large halftime lead on the way to a 50-27 victory over the...
If there was one word to summarize the Jackson Heights girls basketball team in their opening game, a 48-32 victory, at home against Immaculata, “intense” would certainly fit the bill. At the very least, it was an adjective head coach Dan Shupe was very happy to use in describing his team’s...
With some large, strong senior classes being lost to graduation last spring, this season could certainly be qualified as a rebuilding one for most of the Jackson County football teams.
Royal Valley was adapting to a coaching change, Jackson Heights was adapting to a string of injuries and Holton...
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....
