GARNETT — Iola High churned out a little March Madness to start off December. After a miserable start in Friday’s season opener — host Anderson County scored the game’s first 15 points — Iola bounced…

The start of the 2023-24 basketball season brings a slew of preseason tournament games for area high schools. Iola High’s Mustangs will hit the road to Richmond starting Monday for the Ike Cearfoss Basketball Tournament.…

Iola High’s boys hosted teams from Girard, Erie and Cherryvale Tuesday evening for a preseason jamboree in the runup to Friday’s 2023-24 season-opener at Anderson County. The Mustangs will venture to Central Heights next week…

The coming and going of Thanksgiving marks the start of the 2023-24 winter sports campaign for area high schools. All area schools will begin their respective basketball seasons either Thursday or Friday, while wrestlers have…

Iola High School’s boys and girls basketball teams gave their fans a sneak preview of the upcoming 2023-24 season Tuesday with a Gatorade Scrimmage at the IHS Gymnasium. The local squads will have another public…

When Mike Wilmoth retired at Wellington High School, he was presented with a ring to note his legacy as a long-time teacher and coach. Many assumed he’d get it in red, the school colors of…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders ended with a flourish Monday. Twice. The Mustang girls won both the seventh-grade A and B games with late rallies sparked by balanced scoring against visiting Burlington. In the A contest,…

Three Iola High volleyball players, fresh off leading the Mustangs to one of the most successful seasons in recent memory, have brought home All-Pioneer League honors. Even better, all three honorees — Reese Curry, Alana…

PARSONS — Try with all their might, Iola High’s Mustangs couldn’t bash in the proverbial door Friday at Parsons. Iola put forth a number of second-half challenges in their Class 3A playoff tilt, but the…

PARSONS — Iola High saw its season come to a bitter conclusion Friday. Host Parsons, which fields of one of the stingiest defenses in this part of the state, kept the Mustangs in check from start…