Category Archives: Sports

Kansas State is taking the Big 12 football trophy on a state-wide tour. That tour will be stopping in Emporia Wednesday evening. The Trophy will be on display at Emporia Fitness from 6:30p till 8:30p....

(kcroyals) The Kansas City Royals have signed left-handed pitcher Ryan Yarbrough to a one-year deal, worth $3 million. Yarbrough has spent all of his five-year career with Tampa Bay, serving in both s...

Wichita State routed Mississippi Valley State 71-48 Tuesday night. The Shockers broke a 38-year-old school record finishing plus 20 in turnover margin. Mississippi Valley State turned the ball over 23...

Madison and Waverly split their doubleheader on the Area Game of the Week Tuesday night. In the girl's game, Madison would jump out to an early lead they never relinquished en route to a 42-24 win ove...

The Emporia High boys swim and dive team finished in second place at the Shawnee Mission West Invite Tuesday. Braxton Higgins was the lone champion for Emporia High. He won the diving portion of the m...

The Emporia High basketball teams continued their winning ways Tuesday night against Shawnee Mission North. The Spartans defeated the Bison, 59-46. Emporia High led 14-9 at the end of the first quarte...

Ten area high school basketball teams are ranked in this week's Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Rankings. The Emporia High girls are ranked third in Class 5A. Other girls teams ranked include Ma...

The Kansas Jayhawks dropped two spots to eighth in this week's AP college poll. In the Coaches poll, the Jayhawks are ranked sixth. Purdue is the new top-ranked team in both polls. Virginia, UConn, Al...

Area High School Basketball returns to Country 101.7FM Tuesday night. It's a Lyon County League matchup with Madison hosting Waverly. Both the Madison girls and boys are 4-0 to start the season. The W...

The Emporia High boys swim and dive team will compete in its final meet before Christmas. They'll head to Shawnee Mission West for a meet. Junior Alex Allemang, who's in his first year of diving is se...