Jadeyn Wyrick, a Labette County High School graduate, made her season debut in the circle as the Labette Cardinals swept the Pratt Beavers 11-3, 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon at home.

The cross-county rivalry between the Parsons Vikings and Labette County, renewed on the sub-state stage Tuesday night, saw Parsons claim the season series with a 69-57 win.

CHERRYVALE — The Columbus Titans pulled off an upset of the second-seeded Cherryvale Chargers in the first round of the Class 3A Riverton Sub-State Tournament on Tuesday night, winning 57-43.

CHERRYVALE — Opening the Class 3A Sub-State Tournament, the third-seeded Cherryvale Chargers downed Columbus 57-34 at home on Monday night.

HAYS — Drayton Kennedy and Quinten Heady made history on Saturday as the first ever wrestlers from Erie High School to place at the state tournament.

Labette wrapped up three straight days of doubleheaders on Saturday — one against Maple Woods followed by two against Division I NEO A&M — with a four-game split of NEO A&M.

Playing a postseason game at home one year removed from a winless season, the Parsons Vikings girls’ campaign ended on Saturday with a 59-54 loss to Coffeyville.

Over a week removed from its last game due to weather and other delays, the Labette Cardinals men’s basketball team opened Kansas Jayhawk Conference play with an 87-67 win over the Hesston Larks at home on Saturday.

Ranked No. 2 in Class 2A in the state and fresh off securing the Tri-Valley League title, the Erie Red Devils boys pulled away late from the Cherryvale Chargers in their regular season finale on Friday to win 53-42.

The regular season ended for the Parsons Vikings on Thursday night with their third home loss of the week, a 63-50 decision to the Fort Scott Tigers.

The haunting of the 3-point line came to an end on Thursday for the Parsons Vikings boys, who ousted the Fort Scott Tigers 65-56 in their regular season finale.

A regular season full of promise but marred by head-scratchers for both the Cherryvale Chargers and Erie Red Devil girls culminated with Friday’s regular season finale. In the final audition before sub-state, Cherryvale prevailed over Erie 63-56.

Labette softball was off the field for nearly an entire year, but you wouldn’t guess it as the Cardinals routed Maple Woods in a sweep to open the season at home on Thursday. Labette won the first game 17-2 before taking the second game 13-5.

In a pair of home duals on Tuesday, the Labette Cardinals wrestling program dominated Cloud County 45-6 before being shutout by Pratt 47-0.

Don’t mention 3-pointers too loudly around Parsons Vikings boys head coach Anthony Houk.

ERIE — A seven game gauntlet ended with the Erie Red Devils boys being crowned champions of the Tri-Valley League for the first time in school history.

CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale outlasted Humboldt in double overtime on Tuesday to earn a 72-68 Tri-Valley League win.

The St. Paul girls trounced Altoona-Midway on Monday night before doing the same to Oswego on Tuesday.

CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale throttled Humboldt 94-45 Friday night on senior night.

ERIE — After a 5-0 start to the season, the Erie Red Devils girls have lost seven of their last 13 games, punctuated by a 63-34 loss to Eureka on Monday followed by a 51-41 loss to Neodesha on Tuesday.

The Parsons Vikings girls dropped two more games on Monday and Tuesday, falling to Pittsburg 68-46 and then to Chanute 53-42. Both losses came in front of a home crowd.

ALTAMONT — With the lights cut back on in Altamont, the Labette County Grizzlies shined bright as they secured at least a share of the SEK League title on Friday night with a 49-37 win over Pittsburg.

ALTAMONT — Javon Grant put on full display the breadth of his skill for the Pittsburg Purple Dragons, scoring 39 points in his team’s 76-36 win over the Labette County Grizzlies.

Wrestlers across Kansas moved one step closer to the state championships during last weekend’s regionals. After the top four placers in each weight class from districts advanced to regionals, the top four placers in each weight at regionals advance to this weekend’s sub-state tournaments.

In a 3-1 (24-26, 28-26, 25-12, 25-22) win over the Hesston Larks, the Labette Cardinals volleyball team won its first conference match since 2018 and first win of any kind this season on Saturday afternoon.

COFFEYVILLE — Snapping a two-game losing streak that dated back three weeks, the Parsons Vikings beat the Coffeyville Golden Tornado 61-54 on Friday night.

SEK League supremacy continues to belong to the Labette County Grizzlies as they extinguished the Pittsburg Purple Dragons 50-36 on Thursday night before ousting Fort Scott 41-33 on Friday.

COLUMBUS — Four Cherryvale girls reached double-figure scoring in the Chargers’ 75-49 blowout of the Columbus Titans on Thursday night.

COFFEYVILLE — A revenge tour was on the menu for the Parsons Vikings on Friday night as they routed the Coffeyville Golden Tornado 56-37, evening up the season series against their league foe.

NEOSHO, Mo. — In a chilly season opener, the Labette Cardinals baseball program fell to No. 6 Crowder 7-2 on Friday.

Second-year Labette County Grizzlies head coach Bradley Argabright smiled when he was asked about his next opponent, Parsons, after beating Chanute on Thursday night.

The separation between Labette County, an established power, and Parsons, a program in the midst of a rebuild, was on full display Friday night.

CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers swept the Fredonia Yellowjackets in the boys and girls varsity games Friday night.

ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies downed the Chanute Blue Comets 60-57 to take total control of the SEK League standings while surviving a barrage of 3-pointers from the Blue Comets.

ALTAMONT — It doesn’t matter how ugly it is for the Labette County Grizzlies as they beat the Chanute Blue Comets 35-33 on Thursday night in a make-up SEK League game postponed due to the pandemic prior to winter break.

ERIE — Facing off a red-hot opponent that loves to be a thorn in their side, the Erie Red Devils downed the Cherryvale Chargers 60-52 on Tuesday night. It was the Red Devils’ third straight win after their first and only loss of the season to Riverton at the Lancer Classic Championship less …

ALTAMONT — In one of its biggest statements of the season, the Labette County Grizzlies girls tamed the Independence Bulldogs 70-29 Tuesday night.

ERIE — Inconsistency had plagued the Cherryvale Chargers. The Erie Red Devils were coming off a disappointing loss to Humboldt. The two teams met on Tuesday night looking to change the narrative.

CHEROKEE — St. Paul’s girls continue to roll through Three Rivers League play as the Indians routed the Southeast Lancers on the road 42-17 on Monday night.

MIAMI, Okla. — Riley Weir took first place in the 125-pound division as the Labette Cardinals wrestling program participated in its first open on Saturday at the Golden Norsemen Invite at NEO A&M.

HUMBOLDT — Erie High School rolled to what appeared to be an easy win Friday, defeating Humboldt 51-38. 

FORT SCOTT — The Fort Scott Tigers are the giant killers in the SEK League.

The St. Paul Indian girls beat Marmaton Valley by 14 points on Friday night.

CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale’s boys basketball team improved to 2-0 in the league and 9-2 overall after an 89-50 thrashing of Bluestem on Friday. 

A home-opening, 78-67 win by the No. 1 Labette Cardinals over Division I NOC-Tonkawa didn’t leave Labette head coach Mitch Rolls happy.