FORT SCOTT — Staying hot and atop the SEK League standings, the Labette County Grizzlies swept Pittsburg 2-0 (25-19, 25-16) and Chanute 2-0 (25-14, 25-17) in volleyball action on Tuesday.

COFFEYVILLE — An alteration to the timeline of the SEK League volleyball scene took place with the Parsons Vikings serving as the nexus event.

One SEK League soccer program made history on Monday afternoon while another was left scratching its head.

ALTAMONT — Earning their 10th win of the season in their home opener, the Labette County Grizzlies swept the Frontenac Raiders 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18) in a best-of-five match on Thursday evening.

A 2-0 start to the season, just the second for the Parsons Vikings since 2012, will be put on trial as they travel to face the Prairie View Buffaloes.

IOLA — Labette dropped its fourth KJCCC match of the season on the road on Wednesday, losing to the Allen Red Devils 3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-23) in a match where every set was decided by a two-point margin.

ALTAMONT — Sitting at 0-2 and hobbled with injuries, the Labette County Grizzlies are seeking an injection of life in their Week 3 road trip to face the El Dorado Wildcats.

Some of the smallest high school football programs in Kansas are getting a breath of life.

Playing its second match in as many days, the Parsons Vikings soccer team earned its first victory of the season on Tuesday with a 3-0 shutout of the Columbus Titans.

COFFEYVILLE — If ever a night was an amalgam of the Labette Cardinals volleyball program, it was Saturday night.

ALTAMONT — Penalties plagued the Labette County Grizzlies and Winfield Vikings Friday night: The teams combining for 23.

ST. PAUL — Offensive fireworks were in abundance Friday evening as the St. Paul Indians pulled off a seismic upset, toppling the visiting Oswego Indians, 68-66. 

For just the second time since 2011, the Parsons Vikings are 2-0 after thumping the Iola Mustangs 32-14 at Marvel Park.

ALTAMONT — A lightning-shortened 28-0 loss in Week 1 to Pittsburg has the Labette County Grizzlies anxious for a quick reset.

Parsons soccer dropped to 0-3 on the season, losing 8-1 to the Independence Bulldogs on Thursday at home in SEK League action.

CHANUTE — For the second match in a row, the Labette Cardinals were swept by the 18th-ranked team in the nation.

A long weekend has morphed into a short week for the Parsons Vikings, who get four days to turnaround from Monday’s Week 1 win over Anderson County before facing the Iola Mustangs at Marvel Park in Week 2.

In game that stretched over the entirety of a holiday weekend, the Parsons Vikings upended the Anderson County Bulldogs 13-6 in the season opener at Marvel Park on Monday.

ALTAMONT — In a lightning-abbreviated Friday night opener, the Labette County Grizzlies fell to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons 28-0 to start the 2021 football season.

PITTSBURG — In Thursday’s season-opening volleyball action, defending SEK League champion Labette County won all three matches at Pittsburg while Parsons went 0-3.

ALTAMONT — Haley’s Run, which serves as the opener for the high school cross country season for many schools in the area, took place on Thursday at Labette County.

PITTSBURG — The Parsons Vikings fell to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons 6-1 on the road in SEK League soccer action on Thursday.

When it rains, it pours.

Nine wins for the Parsons Vikings volleyball team a year ago was an eight-win improvement over the 2019 campaign.

In their SEK League and season debut, the Parsons Vikings boys soccer team fell to the Fort Scott Tigers 8-2 on Tuesday afternoon at home.

INDEPENDENCE — Parsons won seven matches to take fourth place at the Indy Invitational on Saturday in Independence.

HIGHLAND — Labette won once and lost three times in a weekend excursion to Highland for four matches, moving the Cardinals’ record to 3-6 through nine matches of the 2021 fall campaign.

Parsons took third place in a four-team home opening tournament for the girls tennis campaign on Thursday at Forest Park.

Inaugural seasons rarely go as well as the Parsons Vikings boys soccer program’s did last fall.

FORT SCOTT — Progress is never clean. It’s always messy and complicated and painful.

ALTAMONT — Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

BEATRICE, Neb. — With an interim head coach roaming the sideline and an overhauled roster, the Labette Cardinals volleyball program opened its season with four matches at Southeast in Nebraska. Labette won two and lost two — the two wins already surpass the previous season’s total and match …

For the second straight year, Chris Shultz and Gracen Friess both captured Parsons City Tennis Tournament titles over the weekend.

Josh Ghering will be the third head coach in four seasons for the Chetopa Green Hornets football team.

For the second year in a row, Cherryvale’s Mariah Monroy is the Parsons Sun High School Girls Athlete of the Year.

Dawson Lehman is the 2020-21 Parsons Sun High School Boys Athlete of the Year.

Having guided the Erie Red Devils boys basketball team to its second straight state tournament, head coach Nick Pfeifer is this year’s Parsons Sun High School Boys Coach of the Year.

Taking over for a legend, Tyler Beardmore faced the pressure of keeping afloat one of the most respected tennis programs in the area.

Playing in her third year after her true sophomore year was called off early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Labette Cardinals softball first baseman Grey Holland is this year’s 2020-21 Parsons Sun Labette Female Athlete of the Year.

Bryson Dennis was the leading scoring threat for the Labette Cardinals men’s basketball program, which won a KJCCC title and advanced to the Region VI Tournament finals in a shortened season.

A return to contender status for the Labette Cardinals softball program earned Ryan Phillips the 2020-21 Parsons Sun Labette Coach of the Year honor.