It was a banner night inside the Iola Middle School gymnasium Tuesday. One night after assuring themselves of no less than a tie for the Pioneer League championship, the eighth-grade Mustang girls basketball team clinched…

Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls assured themselves of at least a tie in  the Pioneer League championship Monday, and they did so in convincing fashion. The Mustangs took a 26-0 lead at halftime over visiting…

Iola Middle School’s girls kept up their winning ways Thursday, taking two of three from visiting Osawatomie. In eighth-grade action, the Mustangs took a commanding 22-8 lead, and then overcame a third-quarter lull to pull…

Throngs of wrestlers descended upon Iola Tuesday for the annual Iola Middle School Invitational, where locals raked in medals aplenty. Leading the way for Iola were Kamdon Barnett, who won the 97-101 pound group; Milo…

LA CYGNE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls improved to 7-1 Monday with another lopsided victory. The Mustangs, buoyed by Haidyn Desmarteau’s 14 points and Kinzley Fountain’s nine, cruised to a  37-20 win over host…

Iola High’s volleyball team had taken its lumps over the past few years. The tide changed in the fall of 2023, when the Mustangs won more games, 22, than they had the previous two seasons…

Haidyn Desmarteau scored 18 points as Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls won a 32-25 thriller over visiting Santa Fe Trail Thursday. The Mustangs led most of the way, but Santa Fe Trail closed to within…

BURLINGTON — Two middle-schoolers from Iola and three from Humboldt opened the 2024 wrestling season in fine fashion Tuesday, winning their respective weight classes at Burlington’s Cat Classic Wrestling Tournament. Iola’s Milo Franklin swept his…

BURLINGTON — Iola Middle School’s eighth-graders rode a sterling defense Tuesday to secure a 35-19 win at Burlington. The Mustangs took control in the second quarter, putting together a 14-3 run to lead 24-9 at…

LAWRENCE — Iola High’s Keegan Hill and Cole Moyer beat the rain Saturday as they competed at the Class 3A State Cross Country Meet. Hill, a sophomore, took 44th by completing the 5K course at…