Iola packed a season’s worth of tense baseball, thrilling defensive plays, clutch hits — and yes, heartbreak — into the final few innings of its 2021 campaign Friday. Iola’s A American Legion Indians saw a…

CHANUTE — Logan Page learned 30 minutes before game time Thursday that he would be counted on to extend his team’s baseball season. Page, one of the youngest players on the Iola A American squad,…

CHANUTE — With an overpowering fastball, deceptive breaking pitches and pin-point control, Trey Sommer had things well in hand Tuesday. Sommer, pitching for Iola’s junior American Legion squad, tossed a four-inning one-hitter in a 14-0…

CHANUTE — Some inexplicably sloppy play has Iola’s junior American Legion squad in a pinch. Pittsburg took full advantage of five Iola A Indian fielding errors in the first four innings, taking a 2-0 lead…

A successful summer on the baseball diamond has led to top seeds for both of Iola’s American Legion squads in their upcoming postseason tournaments. The Iola AA  Indians, representing the older age bracket, is the…

HUMBOLDT — Some little-used pitchers produced big results Thursday, when the Iola A Indians American Legion squad turned to a cadre of pitchers who had pitched sparingly, if at all, in 2021. All they did…

OTTAWA — Iola’s A American Legion baseball team took the “next man up” approach Tuesday in nabbing a pair of victories. With four regulars out of the lineup due to schedule conflicts, the Indians cruised…

RICHMOND — Iola’s A American Legion baseball squad was clicking in both phases Wednesday. The Indians steamrolled host Central Heights, 18-2 and 6-2, to improve to 6-2 on the season. “Central Heights had a hard…

OTTAWA — Bob Johnson has a message for his Iola A American Legion squad. If the Indians’ pitchers can throw strikes, and the squad plays the defense they’re capable of, they should win pretty much…

Crest’s Trevor Church is slated to have a big summer season on the mound for the A Iola Indians.  The surging sophomore was featured sparingly for the Indians last summer, but with a year of…