The Iola Middle School seventh-grade Mustangs brought the 2025 season to an end after falling 32-28 in a toe-to-toe battle with the Burlington Wildcats in Saturday’s Pioneer League championship game.
Despite leading 12-2 at one point, the Mustangs came out on the losing end of a back-and-forth battle in the title game, which Coach John Higginbotham believes will motivate them for a return to the championship as eighth-graders.
