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Four Lady Spartans – Olivia Bonnema, Tess Richards, McKenna Rogers, and Kara VeDepo, competed in the 2025 IGHSAU State Wrestling Tournament at Xtream Arena in Coralville. VeDepo entered the...
Chris Meglio, For the Solon Economist
• November 5, 2025
They were so close. Yet, they always will be.
After Marion jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five regional volleyball championship game, Solon clawed its way back to force a fifth set. It came...
Kiley Devery
A senior, Devery was a unanimous First Team pick after leading the Lady Spartan offense with 338 kills in 99 sets and 39 matches this season. Devery made five assists and was second in...
Chris Meglio, For the Solon Economist
• October 29, 2025
The rolled-up poster sat there untouched, its colors peered through the peephole and the vacant backside decorated with a tiny metal bar taped to the edge. It collected dust all night as Solon and...
JOHNSTON — From regional battles to the big stage, Iowa girls are chasing championship dreams! Don't miss a moment - Iowa PBS will be there live as champions are crowned.
The statewide network's...
Chris Meglio, For the Solon Economist
• October 29, 2025
They were so close. Yet, they always will be.
After Marion jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five regional volleyball championship game, Solon clawed its way back to force a fifth set. It came...
Chris Meglio, For the Solon Economist
• October 23, 2025
She tried to hold it back. But she just couldn’t.
Solon’s Cydney Jaster watched from the sidelines with a boot on her right foot as her teammates fought relentlessly for the 2025 WaMaC Volleyball...
Chris Meglio, For the Solon Economist
• October 16, 2025
Comparison is the thief of joy, and it always will be.
Going into the 2024-25 school year, Amelia Guinn had her doubts. The soon-to-be freshman attended Solon volleyball open gyms in the summer, questioning...
INDEPENDENCE — The varsity Lady Spartans clinched the WaMaC East Championship, their first since 2012, Tuesday, October 7 with a 3-0 sweep of the Independence Mustangs.
Solon held off the Mustangs...
As fans arrived, posters lined the wall showcasing the eight seniors (Jillian Elijah, Gretchen Hammill, and Jaelyn Posekany on the JV squad and Kennedey Whitford, Cydney Jaster, Jozie Lahr, Kiley Devery,...
MARION — The varsity volleyball girls maintained their No. 8 ranking in Class 4A while improving to 18-5 overall with a 3-2 win over then No. 9-ranked Marion Tuesday, Sept. 23 in Marion.
Solon won...
Center Point-Urbana 3 Solon 2
The Stormin’ Pointers, ranked No. 8 in Class 3A by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) defeated the No. 9-ranked Lady Spartans 3-2 Tuesday, Sept. 16 in Solon...