Tag: Iola High School

For all of the havoc Mother Nature has played on the high school winter sports schedule ? postponements and cancellations galore ? one head coach doesn?t mind. In fact? ?I kind of like it,? Iola…

Iola High?s Mustangs ran into some trouble from Long distance Thursday. Santa Fe Trail sharpshooter John Long drilled seven 3-pointers as the visiting Chargers took control early of a 62-48 decision. Six of Long?s treys…

Educators can get reasonably close to figuring out which of their high school seniors are serious about college by counting who takes the American College Test. Last year, 52 Iola High School juniors and seniors…

Iola High School’s forensics team has gotten off to a flying start in 2019. The competitive acting and speaking troupe has brought home first place overall in two of the three meets in which it…

CHANUTE ? After a year away from the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament, the Iola Mustangs are state-bound once again.  Five Iola wrestlers made their way south to Chanute for the regional tournament on Saturday…

Head coach Becky Carlson and her Iola girls’ basketball team left last Saturday’s loss to Anderson County knowing they would soon get the opportunity for the last word.  Six days and three games later they…

It may not have been as easy as it was the first time around but head coach Becky Carlson and her team couldn’t care less. A win is a win.  The Fillies continued their winning…

Just nine seconds and two points made three-quarters of disappointing basketball disappear for the Iola boys Wednesday evening when the Mustangs beat Prairie View at home in overtime, 65-60.  The win moves Iola to 9-8…

The Mustangs have found their new normal and they’re loving it.  On Tuesday night, the Iola boys (8-8) carved up an Osawatomie team, 77-53, that beat them by a point a month ago. On Saturday…

You could feel a sense of relief Tuesday evening when, for the first time in almost a month, the Iola girls’ basketball team got themselves a win.  The solid 43-20 plunking of Osawatomie broke a…