Sports
Kansas City to host 2012 All Star Game
When thinking of popular places to hold major events, Kansas City doesn’t always rank very high on lists. Many people would not automatically associate Kansas City with a major metropolitan city capable of holding such events, even though the city has the space and capacity. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, however, is soon going to... »
Winter Olympics underway in Canada
It’s that time again. The 21st Winter Olympics are in action in Vancouver, Canada and once again athletes from around the world compete for glory and prestigious gold medals. The Winter Olympics are a time when heroes arise and countries unite in fierce competition. Currently The Star-Spangled Banner is the anthem heard ringing out... »
Manning’s 2nd, or Bree’s 1st?
This Sunday, Feb. 7 will be the last day of the 2009-2010 NFL season, as the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints in Miami. This will be the Saints’ first showing in the Super Bowl in the 43 years they have been a team, and nothing new to Manning for this will... »
New leader emerges for Lady Panther basketball team
For the past four years any time Derby Lady Panther basketball came up in a conversation almost always was 2009 graduate Joanna McFarland’s name was mentioned. McFarland was the key scorer all four years of her high school career. Losing her to graduation the team was looking for a new leader to step out.... »
Steadmans bring brotherly love to basketball
In high school it becomes very common that siblings can be in the school at the same time. While most siblings try to avoid the other and live their separate lives, that wasn’t the case for the Steadman brothers, senior Zack Steadman and sophomore Kyler Steadman. »
Panther basketball falls to Maize Eagles
On Thursday, Jan. 7, the Panthers and Lady Panthers faced the Maize Eagles at Maize. This contest was expected to be the talk of the week as it was featured as Vype’s “Game of the Week”. For the fourth straight game the Lady Panthers suffered another lost but this time to the Maize Lady... »
Lady Panthers come out victorious despite expectations
Despite losing forward and key scorer Joanna McFarland to graduation, the Lady Panthers came out on top of the Campus Colts on Friday, Dec 4. According to VarsityKansas.com, the Lady Panthers were set at dead last in the AVCTL Division 1 preseason rankings. Fans and even other players were not expecting to win but... »
Steadman, Cornelius lead Panthers to victory
It was junior forward Cameron Cornelius who made it all happen. Cornelius held onto the ball for the last fifteen seconds of the game and took the final shot with two seconds left, giving the Panthers a 51-50 victory over the Campus Colts in the season opener on Friday, Dec. 4. He had a... »
Panthers knocked out of State game by Heights
What goes up must come down and all good things must come to an end at some point in time. On Friday, Nov. 20 at Wichita Heights Falcon stadium the Derby Panther football team competed in its last game of the season and for some the last game of their life. Toward the end... »