After a disappointing return Monday following a 10-day layoff, the Iola Mustangs found their footing Tuesday with a 60-51 victory over Erie.  Although separated by only 9 points, Tuesday’s senior night regular season finale was…

The Iola Middle School Mustangs swept the Wellsville Eagles in a pair of seventh grade games Monday evening.  The IMS B-Team won 15-10 while the A-Team edged the Eagles 36-34.   With a snowstorm drifting across…

The Allen County Courthouse will be closed Tuesday for all but essential employees because of a winter storm bearing down on the Midwest. The wintry blast is expected to dump half a foot or more…

LA CYGNE — A slew of Iola miscues allowed the Prairie View Buffalos to snap the Mustangs’ three-game winning streak in a 45-44 loss Tuesday.  After falling to Prairie View (11-4, 6-4) before the Christmas…

JOPLIN, Mo. — Dillon Bycroft admits he’s never been the best basketball player. Nor biggest. Nor the fastest. Nor the most talented. But the 2021 graduate from Iola has enjoyed quite the career competing at…

Iola High School Mustangs (5-11, 1-7) sought to put an end to the Chanute Comets’ 12-game winning streak, but late turnovers shifted the tides in a 54-44 loss Friday night. Although dismayed with the loss,…

CARBONDALE — Stop us if you’ve heard this before. Iola High’s Mustangs, locked in a tough back-and-forth affair with Santa Fe Trail, saw its hopes of victory slipping away late. Iola trailed by 14 midway…

CARBONDALE — The best part about ugly wins is that they count just as much in the standings as do the pretty ones, as Iola High head coach Kelsey Jonnson can attest. The Mustangs scuffled…

It was an arm injury, of all things, that convinced Iola High senior Elza Clift that she needed to continue playing softball at the college level. Clift, a mainstay pitcher for Iola pretty much since…

BURLINGTON — The similarities were striking for Iola High’s girls Friday. Just like the first time Iola squared off against Burlington in mid-December, Iola got off to a hot shooting start, taking the early lead…