Iola High’s track and field teams picked a special day to put forth their strongest meet of the season. The occasion, on a picturesque spring day Tuesday, was the annual Marv Smith Invitational, which drew…

There isn’t really any sort of secret sauce to Iola High’s suddenly white-hot softball team. “If our pitchers throw strikes, they’re really hard to hit,” Mustang head coach Chris Weide said. “And if we play…

Levi Ashmore has long contended his Iola High baseball squad is capable of being “feisty and scrappy” at the plate, making life miserable for opposing pitchers. You can add “powerful” to the list of adjectives.…

As the golfers teed off at the Buck Quincy Invitational Monday, one thing was certain. The wind was going to make life miserable for everybody. “The wind took over the game,” noted Iola’s Xander Sellman,…

MCPHERSON — The gauntlet that is Iola High’s baseball season continued Friday, with the Mustangs taking on two of the top baseball powers in Class 4A. Iola hit the road to take on two-time defending…

FREDONIA — For Iola High’s track and field team, a trip to Fredonia Thursday bodes well for the rest of the 2024 season. The Mustang athletes ventured to Fredonia for the JSC Fredonia Relays, one…

HUMBOLDT — Iola and Humboldt’s junior varsity baseball and softball teams braved the elements  as they squared off against each Thursday, well after a cold front roared through the area, sending temps plummeting and the…

While Iola High’s junior varsity track athletes competed against primarily smaller schools Tuesday at the Gene Farrow Invitational — an event hosted by Waverly High School and held at Iola’s Riverside Park — the quality…

COFFEYVILLE — Four Iola High junior varsity golfers were greeted by high winds and a tough course with fast greens Tuesday at the Coffey Country Club. The Coffeyville Invitational marked the JV squad’s second tournament…

Are we sure Forrest Gump wasn’t talking about high school softball, instead of chocolates, when he noted you never know what you’re gonna get? Take Iola High’s Mustangs, who entered Tuesday’s doubleheader without the pitching…