A reprieve was needed for the Labette Cardinals, who stomped Sterling JV 106-41 on Monday at home for its second win of the season.

Facing its second JV opponent six games into the campaign, the No. 3 Labette Cardinals rolled to an 88-50 win over Evangel JV on Monday at home.

After a four-year hiatus, the Parsons Vikings and Labette County Grizzlies will renew their cross-county football rivalry in 2022.

For the second season in a row, the Labette Cardinals softball program will have a new assistant coach under Ryan Phillips.

ALTAMONT — Chris Wacker and Heather Wilson, the Labette County Grizzlies cross country and volleyball head coaches respectively, both earned SEK League Coach of the Year for their fall campaigns.

Coming off a 1-1 start to the season with a loss to nationally-ranked Division I Hutchinson and a win over Barton over the weekend, the No. 3 Labette Cardinals debuted a newly-renovated gym on Monday with a 70-67 win over the No. 15 Iowa Western Reivers.

The Class 3A All-District 1 football honors were released with Parsons and Cherryvale players included in the list.

Three Labette County Grizzlies earned All-SEK League honors for the 2021 football season.

Labette County had three players while Parsons had one earn All-SEK League volleyball honors for the 2021 fall season.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Four wrestlers from Labette placed at the Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open at Maryville University in Missouri on Saturday.

IOLA — Battling the NJCAA Division I runner-up in the Cowley Tigers, the Labette Cardinals lost 80-73 on Saturday at Allen Community College in Iola.

GIRARD — Upstart programs in the midst of turnaround seasons clashed in the second round of the KSHSAA Class 3A playoffs, with the undefeated Girard Trojans ousting the Parsons Vikings 32-13 on Friday night.

Sending 10 wrestlers to the national tournament and bringing home two All-Americans last season, the Labette Cardinals wrestling program enters 2021-22 ranked No. 13 in the NJCAA preseason poll. 

For the third time since 2006, the Parsons Vikings get a 10th week of football.

WAMEGO — Labette County's Alex Meister secured a top 20 podium finish at the boys 4A State Cross Country meet Saturday, capping his prep career on a high-note.

VICTORIA — When Erie Red Devils junior Breanna Ross decided to run cross country for the first time this fall, she and Erie head coach Kyle Carpenter set out with an ambitious goal in mind: a state medal.

VICTORIA — At the KSHSAA 1A Cross County State Championships in Victoria, the Oswego girls team finished in ninth place out of 12 teams with 123 points on Saturday, the best finish in school history. 

Eras are started and defined in the postseason.

HUTCHINSON — A season that saw the Labette County Grizzlies become one of the most feared in the state came to an end on Friday as they went 0-3 in pool play of the KSHSAA 4A State Volleyball Tournament. 

Parsons’ reward for finishing 6-2 in the regular season and earning a top-two seed in district play is a reality check.

Emerging from the hangover of a massive third-set comeback in the sub-state championship to punch its ticket to the state tournament, the Labette County Grizzlies need to muster one final exertion.

MORAN — After three weeks without defeat, the dream run screeched to a halt.

Reflecting the state of both programs this fall, the Parsons Vikings shut out the Cherryvale Chargers 36-0 in the regular season finale at Marvel Park on Friday night.

Riding a three-game winning streak, the Parsons Vikings don’t want to coast into the sunset in Friday night’s regular season finale against the Cherryvale Chargers.

Sophomore Night for the Labette Cardinals brought an end to a five-match losing streak as they easily dispatched of the Hesston Larks 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-22).

SALINA — Josie Hayward of Labette County posted a personal-best 94 on Day 1 of the KSHSAA 4A State Championship in Salina en route to making the cut and finishing 37th individually. 

Leaving no doubt, the Labette County Grizzlies locked up its second straight outright SEK League title on Tuesday by sweeping Fort Scott 2-0 (25-16, 25-19) and Parsons 2-0 (25-17, 25-15) on Tuesday night in Parsons.

GARNETT — Labette County won another midseason tournament and locked up the top seed in the KSHSAA 4A-East postseason on Saturday.

A 13-point comeback in Friday night’s 21-20 win for the Parsons Vikings over the Columbus Titans is yet another statement made at Marvel Park on Friday night.

INDEPENDENCE — Injuries played a factor in Labette County’s 42-12 loss to Independence Friday night. 

CHANUTE — Labette County’s Alex Meister and Parsons’ Kinsey Baldwin earned SEK League cross country titles for the second time in their careers on Thursday at the league meet in Chanute.

Two teams coming off different ends of a spectrum collide with a top-two seed in the district standings — and the opportunity to host a home playoff game — at stake.

ALTAMONT — Week 7 brings the same challenge that the previous six weeks have brought the Labette County Grizzlies — hunting their first win of the fall.

PITTSBURG — Albeit a scare from Pittsburg, Altamont is a breath away from being home to the back-to-back SEK League volleyball champions.

CHANUTE — Kamron Blair of Parsons had one of her best rounds all year at Monday’s KSHSAA 4A Regional Golf Tournament, qualifying for state with a sixth-place finish. 

INDEPENDENCE — Lauren Farris and Jaidyn Shultz will end their high school tennis careers at the last possible location, the state tournament.

CANEY — Searching for a signature win, the Parsons Vikings left their mark against the Caney Valley Bullpups on a charged, bloody and indelible night.

Anticipation and optimism for the Parsons Vikings has morphed into bated breath.

INDEPENDENCE — In a swan’s song to the KSHSAA 4A Regional Tournament on Saturday, the Parsons Vikings took fourth place in the SEK League Tournament on Monday at Independence.

From a one-loss St. Paul team dropping three of its four matches to a dominant Labette County squad taking first place, there was no shortage of surprises and strong performances at the 43rd annual Chanute volleyball tournament on Saturday.

ALTAMONT — Labette County had 95 yards of cushion with under two minutes left before the Grizzlies would have secured its first win of the season.

OSWEGO — Undefeated Sedan steamrolled over Oswego 60-8 in a game that ended after two quarters Friday night.

ALTAMONT — Taking pole position in the SEK League race, the Labette County Grizzlies defended home court on a night where three of the best teams in the league converged. 

Labette volleyball’s ceiling is still a mystery — both a sign of progress and frustration for the Cardinals’ coaching staff — after its last three matches.