Before Matt Baumwart became the athletics director and assistant principal at Iola High School, he was the assistant principal at Iola Middle School for a few years. His background includes a heavy emphasis on sports.…

Iola Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-graders opened their summer football camp this week at the school’s practice grounds. Here, the students practice lining up on offense.

In just two years, Jarrett Herrmann has etched his name among some of the all-time greats to come through the Iola High School baseball program. Now, entering his senior year at IHS, Herrmann has announced…

The remarkable success on the baseball diamond translated to another armload of postseason accolades for Iola High and Crest High. Three from Iola and four from Crest earned first-team all-state honors from Sports In Kansas,…

Reece Murry didn’t let anything like an appendectomy slow her down this season. The Iola High senior missed a good chunk of the middle of the 2022 season after her appendix was removed. Nevertheless, Murry…

Twenty Iola High School volleyball players took part in offseason drills during a summer camp session Monday through Thursday. The players were drilled on fundamentals and learning news systems, head coach Amanda Holman siad. “…

Peda Samuel admitted to being a bit bewildered after hearing one of his school records had been broken Saturday. It wasn’t necessarily that he was surprised Iola High’s Brett Willis bettered his mark of 10.82…

SALINA — The little things made a big difference Thursday. Iola High’s Mustangs, who had swept through regionals a week ago with some of their best baseball of the season, saw the tables turned in…

Iola High School’s state-bound baseball and track and field teams will get rousing community sendoffs this week. Supporters will bid adieu to the baseball players as they head out to Salina at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.…

There’s a realistic chance that multiple area baseball and softball teams will be playing simultaneously across eastern Kansas Tuesday evening for a bid to for their respective upcoming state tournaments. Weather permitting, all of the…