Kiowa County High School cross country coach Lori Wade and her assistant Courtney Huck may not have full teams to work with this year, but they do have athletes to watch.
I was working for a software company based in New Jersey in 2001. I would work in the office up there for two weeks and then fly home and work from home for two weeks. It was a great job, my coworkers were wonderful people and the management was top-notch. On weekends I could hop on the train and be in New York within less than an hour, or I could go stay with my brother in Philadelphia.
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Under the leadership of head coach Jennifer Gillespie, the Mackville High School volleyball team is off to a good start going 3-4 in early season competition with wins over league rivals Ness City and Lacrosse and a home win over Stafford.
Record crowds came out to enjoy a wide variety of artistic booths, street food, painting demonstrations, live music, interactive crafts, and more last Thursday at Vernon Filley Art Museum’s Filley Fest, downtown Pratt.
With the 2025-26 school year recently starting, that means that PHS Volleyball practice has kicked off, with contests not far behind. The team, led by Head Coach Summer Younie, will be hoping to improve on the 2024 season.
The St. John Lady Tigers volleyball team returns six letterwinners and four starters from last year’s 29 – 16 state tournament qualifying team. New head coach Taci Axmen is excited about the team she steps in to lead after the departure of long-time coach Trish Wade and looks forward to a competitive future.
It is a whole new season of Skyline High School football and the Thunderbirds came out of pre-season practice with a new mentality and a team connection that sustained them through a tough first game. The team played on the road against the Eagles of Norwich on Friday, September 5 and came out with a hard-fought win, 22-16. This was a non-conference game, and weather conditions were about as bad as it can get as both teams struggled to control play.
On September 2, 2025, the Pratt City Commission held its required public hearing to be able to pass resolution 090225 levying property taxes above the revenue neutral rate. The hearing is required by law whenever the property tax rate is to be raised, even though this particular increase really just allowed the mill levy to rise with inflation. After the hearing was concluded, the resolution was passed.
Kiowa County High School celebrated fall homecoming Friday, September 5 with a hometown parade and a win over the Minneola Wildcats football team by a score of 46-14. Student-voted royalty crowned were Jace Frazier, King, and Haydynn Friesen, Queen.