Iola High School’s 2025 Winter Homecoming featured an added element of nostalgia Friday as former IHS girls head coach Becky Carlson was inducted into the Don Bain Athletics Hall of Fame. Carlson retired last spring…

CANEY — An extended Christmas break, made even longer after wintry weather postponed two games the week prior, meant Iola High’s Mustangs had nearly a month between contests. Their showdown at Caney Valley Thursday marked…

CANEY — Iola High’s girls had a tough task ahead of them when they returned to action for the 2024-25 season Thursday. The Mustangs, who had been idle since Dec. 19, traveled to unbeaten Caney…

Iola Middle School saw both the thrill of victory and agony of defeat Thursday as the Mustangs hosted Prairie View in the Mustang boys’ first home game of the season. The IMS seventh-graders erased an…

Students wanting to take in the action at next week’s annual War on 54 Midseason Tournament will be able to do so free of charge. All students — even those from the visiting schools, from…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders found themselves in a familiar spot Monday. On the winning side of the scoreboard in a Wellsville gymnasium. Two days after taking first place at a tournament in Wellsville,…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s seventh-graders captured the Wellsville Tournament championship Saturday, sweeping past Anderson County, 39-12, before thumping Prairie View, 33-17, in the championship game. Jaxen Mueller was Iola’s key driver on the day,…

While still just a sophomore at Iola High School, Zoie Hesse has taken part in scores of wrestling matches already. Heck, she even won a state title while competing for the Iola Kids Wrestling Club.…

BURLINGTON — Iola Middle School was able to dodge the snowflakes Thursday and get in a round of games to open the 2025 season at Burlington. Alas, the Mustangs came up short in both the…

Wintry weather is keeping the winter sports action sidelined for some area schools. While Iola High’s classes were in session, the Mustangs saw their Tuesday games postponed to Jan. 30 because Santa Fe Trail schools…