The Iola Mustangs snapped a four-game losing streak with a sweep of Pioneer League rival Wellsville during Tuesday’s doubleheader, 13-1 and 10-0. Despite having the Pioneer League title locked up, the Mustangs are not turning…

WELLSVILLE — The Iola Mustangs and Santa Fe Trail Chargers will play a winner-take-all doubleheader to determine the Pioneer League champion next week. Tuesday’s 5-4, 12-9 sweep of the Wellsville Eagles put the Mustangs in…

There’s an inherent lesson in sports that Elza Clift learned at a young age. You can practice for hours on end, have a good game plan in place and enter a game with the right…

Ask Kaysin Crusinbery how she became so successful in and out of the classroom, and she hesitates a bit. She couldn’t pinpoint a single reason. Instead, she mentioned a laundry list of influences and factors…

Iola sophomore Zoie Hesse made history Friday night with her seventh-inning home run in the Mustangs’ 23-6 and 5-2 drubbing of Emporia.  Hesse’s hit makes her Iola High School’s record holder for home runs as…

More than 175 elementary school students from across the region converged at Riverside Park for the second annual Iola Youth Track Meet Saturday. Iola Middle School coordinates the event with the City of Iola Recreation…

The Iola Mustangs continue to experience adversity after falling in their fourth consecutive game with Friday’s 4-3, 13-1 sweep by the 5A Emporia Spartans. After coming up a run short of taking the opener into…

NEODESHA — Allen County track and field squads normally separated by classification and conference went head-to-head at Thursday’s Neodesha Invitational.  Although Erie and Caney Valley took the overall titles in the boy’s and girl’s meets…

For the past four years, Iola High School Principal Scott Carson has watched this year’s senior class grow into leaders in and out of the classroom. “This is an exceptional class,” Carson said at Wednesday’s…

Bethany Miller and Briley Prather, Iola High School juniors, will attend the Sunflower Girls State program this summer. Iola’s American Legion Auxiliary Chapter 15 is sponsoring the students with the help of Nelson Quarries and…