Kelsey Johnson’s first full week of practice as head basketball coach at Iola High School has been an exhaustive one. It started at the stroke of midnight Monday morning, and continued with two-a-day sessions. Johnson,…

Iola’s Hannah Gardner and Landon Carson take part in drills early this morning as part of “Midnight Madness With The Mustangs” to start practice for the 2020-21 basketball season. With Gardner is teammate Becca Sprague.…

WAMEGO — Jack Adams was eyeing a school record, but had to “settle” for a state medal. The Iola High senior was gunning for Keil Regehr’s 1997 school record at the Kansas Class 4A State…

LA CYGNE — Jack Adams knew that in order to win a league title in cross country, he was going to have to conquer a long-time rival to do so. Burlington High’s Seth Jarvis edged…

RICHMOND — Iola High had a  successful day on the cross country course Thursday. Both the Mustang and Fillies squads picked up team victories, filling the leaderboards with several familiar names. On the boys side,…

GREENBUSH — The 2020 cross country season has been one of adjustments already for Iola High. The Mustangs and Fillies had to adjust their race schedules in their Sept. 3 opener because host Anderson County…

CHANUTE — Iola High’s Fillies faced some tough competition on the tennis courts Thursday. The Fillies’ doubles team of Miah and Sidney Shelby picked up Iola’s win of the day, cruising to 8-1 victory, over…

Iola High’s Fillies rebounded from a disappointing start to win its last two volleyball matches of the day Saturday, and in doing so, took third place in the IHS Invitational. The Fillies looked to get…

Former Iola High standout Madisyn Holloway will play basketball at Allen Community College for the next two seasons. This past year, Holloway, who graduated from IHS in 2019, completed her one year of cosmetology school…

This week’s news has brought back lots of memories for me.  In Monday’s paper was a story called “Forever Fillies,” noting the impending end on the almost 50-year-chapter of the Iola High School girls team…