The Hiawatha Red Hawks hosted the Sabetha Bluejays on Tuesday night, and it was a quiet offensive night for both teams, as each squad saw their game slip out of grasp in the closing minutes.

The Horton Charger basketball teams have put three games under their belts since returning to action from Christmas break, with both squads securing a 2-1 record since getting back in action.

The Hiawatha Red Hawks hosted the Perry Lecompton Kaws on Friday night, and while the boys fell prey to a huge Perry surge in the fourth quarter to hand the Hawks their third loss of the season, the Lady Red Hawks poured on the points to continue the undefeated start to their season.

The second phase of the high school basketball season has begun, as teams are back from Christmas break and duking it out on the floor once again.

Last week, the Doniphan West Mustang basketball teams played Troy and Valley Heights.

The Hiawatha girls basketball team continued their strong early-season efforts on Friday night in the Round House, wrapping up the 2021 portion of their schedule with a 39-36 win over the Holton Wildcats, while the men’s team saw a close contest slip away as the game went on, falling 68-52.

The Horton Chargers hosted the ACCHS Tigers on Friday night, falling in both the boys and girls games.

Doniphan West teams split in games this week.

In what has been a strong start to the season, the Red Hawks jumped into Big 7 play over the past week, hitting the road to take on a pair of perennially-tough league opponents.

The Horton Chargers visited JCN on Friday night, playing their third league game of the season.

Doniphan West basketball and wrestling teams kicked off the winter season last week.

The Hiawatha Red Hawks took the court on Tuesday night for the second time this season, and both teams kept their strong starting rolling, with blowout wins over the Troy Trojans.

The Horton Chargers opened their basketball season this week, visiting Pleasant Ridge on Friday evening, and then hosting Valley Falls on Tuesday.

You could not ask for much more from a season-opener than the Hiawatha Red Hawks got from Thursday night’s contest with the Marysville Bulldogs, as the Hawks got a huge night, and a huge shot from senior Joel Bryan to win the boys game, while the Lady Red Hawks earned a win of their own over…

Hiawatha High School basketball teams hit the court for some pre-season action Tuesday night for the annual Red and Blue Scrimmage.

It’s time to start thinking about winter sports and the Red Hawks are planning scrimmages on Tuesday, Nov. 30 and with it are helping support local families throughout the holidays.

The fall sports All-Big 7 teams have been announced, and Hiawatha athletes littered the lists of the league’s most accomplished athletes, this season.

Doniphan West volleyball players have earned All League honors.

The Doniphan West High School Lady Mustangs cross country team earned a top spot at the 1A state meet — earning second place on Saturday, Oct. 30 at the Victoria, Kan. Sand Plum Nature Trail.

The 2021 football season was somewhat of a remarkable turn for the Hiawatha Red Hawks, as the team took a major leap forward in earning a State playoff bid.

Saturday marked the culmination of one of the quickest rebuilding seasons in recent memory for the Hiawatha boys cross country team, as the team traveled to Wamego to take part in the Kansas Class 3A State meet.

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The Charger teams wrapping up the season.

The Hiawatha Red Hawk cross country team traveled to Sabetha on Saturday, competing in the Kansas Class 3A Regional meet. Both teams competed well and posted strong finishes, but the boys team led the way on this day, cashing in with a 2nd place overall finish and qualifying for the State meet.

Despite an outstanding season and all the momentum in the world heading into Saturday’s Sub-state tournament at Sabetha, the Hiawatha Lady Red Hawk volleyball team suffered just their fourth loss of the season this weekend in the tournament championship to fall just one win away from the Kan…

Big 7

On a night that held major playoff seeding implications for the Hiawatha Red Hawks and the Sabetha Bluejays, a strong start to the game for the Hawks was not enough to overcome the eventual wave of momentum that would carry the Jays to a 42-3 win.

The Horton Charger football team is still looking for a win while the volleyball team picked up its second win of the season.

Hiawatha High School is celebrating Big Seven League champs with its volleyball team and the boys cross country team.

The Mustang girls cross country repeated as TVL champions and have their eyes on a regional championship as well.

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Saturday marked the third meeting of the season, the rubber match and a potential Sub-State championship game preview between the Lady Red Hawks and the Nemaha Central Thunder, as the two teams met in the championship of this weekend’s Sabetha Invitational Tournament, with the Hiawatha squad…

The Hiawatha Red Hawk football team is headed back to the Kansas state playoffs.

The Hiawatha Red Hawk cross country team competed at the Big 7 League meet on Thursday afternoon, as the group traveled to Hoyt to vie for League honors for the 2021 season.

The Doniphan West cross country is headed into the final stretch of its season, with the TVL meet at Centralia on Thursday, Oct. 14, a meet at Jackson Heights on Tuesday, Oct. 19, and the regional meet at Centralia on Saturday, Oct. 23.

Horton High teams had a busy week.

The Hiawatha cross country team took time out this week to have some fun at the annual St. James Relay Carnival.

Saturday saw the Hiawatha volleyball team travel to Atchison to compete in the Atchison Invitational Tournament. The Red Hawks continued their winning ways in the competition, sweeping their way through pool play and the championship rounds to take home the hardware.

Big 7

The Hiawatha Red Hawks carried some momentum into Friday night’s game with the Holton Wildcats, fresh off a 45-7 destruction of Jeff West the week before, there was an air that this might be the season that the Hawks could face down the Holton squad that has been a consistent stumbling block.

In what has been a shortened season for the Hiawatha Lady Red Hawk tennis squad, the girls had a busy week, competing twice to wrap up the month of September.