Iola High’s wrestling season kicks off with a flourish this week. The Mustang grapplers will be at Erie on Tuesday for a preseason mixer, before the junior varsity and girls wrestlers will get another round…

For the select few, the 2024 Kansas high school football season culminates with Championship Weekend, with all nine classes deciding their respective titlists starting Friday evening and running through Saturday. But for the rest, the…

GARNETT — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls followed up their 2024 regular season league title with a runner-up finish Saturday at the Pioneer League Postseason Tournament. The Mustangs came up short in the title game,…

Sure, practices started only Monday, but Iola High’s boys and girls will be ready for their first scrimmages at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the IHS gymnasium. Admission is one bottle of Gatorade or other sports…

EUREKA — Iola Middle School’s wrestlers wrapped up their 2024 season in style Thursday, racking up several victories at the Eureka Invitational. Milo Franklin and Spencer Sargent led the way, with both winning their respective…

It was a banner night inside the Iola Middle School gymnasium Tuesday. One night after assuring themselves of no less than a tie for the Pioneer League championship, the eighth-grade Mustang girls basketball team clinched…

Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls assured themselves of at least a tie in  the Pioneer League championship Monday, and they did so in convincing fashion. The Mustangs took a 26-0 lead at halftime over visiting…

Iola Middle School’s girls kept up their winning ways Thursday, taking two of three from visiting Osawatomie. In eighth-grade action, the Mustangs took a commanding 22-8 lead, and then overcame a third-quarter lull to pull…

Throngs of wrestlers descended upon Iola Tuesday for the annual Iola Middle School Invitational, where locals raked in medals aplenty. Leading the way for Iola were Kamdon Barnett, who won the 97-101 pound group; Milo…

LA CYGNE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls improved to 7-1 Monday with another lopsided victory. The Mustangs, buoyed by Haidyn Desmarteau’s 14 points and Kinzley Fountain’s nine, cruised to a  37-20 win over host…