A decision by Osawatomie High School administrators to forfeit its varsity football this season will have a ripple effect for fellow Pioneer League opponents, including Iola. The school announced in a Facebook post Thursday that…

FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s Brooklyn Holloway and Briley Prather are getting into the swing of things rather nicely. Holloway took fourth and Prather sixth at a Uniontown junior varsity invitational, hosted by Fort Scott’s…

With temperatures in the mid-90s Thursday, organizers postponed Iola High’s season-opening tennis tournament hosted by Chanute High School. The tournament will be made up Sept. 9 IHS athletics director Matt Baumwart said.  Iola will host…

Iola High’s football, volleyball and cross country squads got an early jump on the 2024 fall sports season with scrimmages over the weekend. The IHS harriers ran a 5K race before the Mustang football squad…

Briley Prather wasn’t necessarily looking to put her name in the Iola High School history books. She was just looking for some friends to golf with. At Prather’s urging, Iola school board members approved the…

Iola Middle School held its annual summer football camp this week at the practice fields north of the school, where roughly 30 youngsters in grades 6-8 learned the sport’s basics. The Mustang seventh- and eighth-grade…

WICHITA — Iola, Humboldt and Southern Coffey County athletes tested themselves against the best of the best over the weekend at the state track meet. Iola High’s Keegan Hill, running in the boys Class 3A…

FREDONIA — Keegan Hill saved his best for last. The Iola High freshman, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the state track meet in the 1500-meter run, had one final shot, in Friday’s 3200-meter…

WICHITA —Iola High’s 4-2 setback to Bluestem Wednesday in the Class 3A playoffs left the softball team’s head coach disappointed with the loss, but yearning for next year to come in a hurry. “I’ve been…

OSAWATOMIE — Monday’s Class 3A Regional Golf Tournament was not for the faint of heart. A tough Osawatomie Golf Course was made even tougher as organizers did their darnedest to make the conditions even more…