Iola High School’s Forensics team has racked up some serious hardware in recent weeks. The competitive speaking and acting team has competed in three invitational tournaments since Feb. 8, winning the team sweeps in all…

Scoring only two points and missing a buzzer beater for the win against Prairie View was still fresh in the mind of Iola High’s Landon Carson.  On Friday against Anderson County, Carson flipped the script,…

A 19-point performance from Kelsey Morrison wasn’t enough to save the Iola Fillies on Friday against Anderson County.  The Fillies enjoyed a three-point lead heading into the fourth, but couldn’t hold on, losing 42-37. The…

GARNETT — Iola High School has a pair of league wrestling champions. The Mustangs’ TJ Taylor and Trent Jones won the 113- and 145-pound divisions, respectively, at Thursday’s Pioneer League Championships. Taylor pinned both of…

Don Bain’s DNA is embedded in Iola High School. He taught science there for six years, the last two as assistant principal. He then served a dozen more as principal, then 14 as superintendent of…

Iola High’s Trent Jones and wrestling are two peas in a pod.  As a freshman last season, Jones advanced to the 4A state tournament. This year, January’s Male Allen County Area Athlete of the Month…

Iola Fillies head coach Becky Carlson didn’t pull any punches when describing Tuesday’s 50-45 loss to Prairie View.   “You can’t blame standing around, throwing bad passes, and those kinds of things on the referee,”…

Iola High’s Dillon Bycroft inbounded the ball from the far sideline with 1.5 seconds to go and the Mustangs trailing Prairie View by one in the fourth quarter.  Bycroft found Landon Carson atop the key,…

“NOAH! NOAH! NOAH!,” The Iola homecoming crowd chanted on Friday as the Mustangs’ No. 2 prepared to check in for the first time all season.  For senior Noah Ashmore, it was an emotional moment to…

While a name change is in the offing, the legacy of the Fillies will forever be secure at Iola High School, former principal Don Bain said Friday. Bain, who was instrumental in introducing girls sports…