Tag: Girard
GIRARD — The Allen County Special Olympics team participated at a Bocce Meet in Girard Wednesday. They competed in two four-person teams. Teams consisted of two athletes and two partners. Casey Riebel and Coury Sager…
Things were going splendidly for Iola High’s Mustangs on Homecoming Night. Until they weren’t. The Mustangs controlled the first half against Girard, sprinkling in a number of key first downs on offense, opportunistic turnovers on…
GIRARD — A team of athletes and their peer buddies were a part of Iola High School’s unified sports team March 27, when they competed in the SEK Unified Cornhole event. More than 200 Special…
TOPEKA — A Girard dress code policy that led to the forced cutting of an 8-year-old Native American boy’s hair has been rescinded. Girard School District Board of Education members voted unanimously during a Thursday…
TOPEKA — Officials at R.V. Haderlein Elementary in Girard forced an 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, despite objections that he grew it out to connect with his cultural heritage. The American Civil…
GIRARD — The Iola High School unified bocce ball team took home two first place finishes in a meet at Girard Wednesday. The Mustangs were split into three teams of athletes, which were divided by…
Chase D. Waggoner, formerly a fire chief in Girard, has been hired as Iola’s next fire chief. Waggoner’s hiring was announced Tuesday by Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock. Waggoner also has worked in Missouri and…
As Iola High’s Fillies enter the final week of the regular season, head coach Amanda Strickler-Holman senses her team is peaking at the right time. “Right now, we’re relying on our experience,” she said. “We…
NEODESHA Another close one fell to the wayside for Iola Highs Fillies in the third-place game of the Wilson County Classic. Iola lost to Girard in overtime 42-40 despite the fact that the Fillies…
