Iola High School capped a memorable evening Friday with the crowning of Casey Rowe, left, and Keira Fawson as the school’s 2024 Winter Homecoming king and queen.
The coronation followed a successful night on the hardwood for the IHS Mustang squads.
Iola’s girls rolled past visiting Osawatomie, 64-6, while the boys fended off the Trojans, 74-63.
In the girls contest, Iola, limited the Trojans to a single field goal, with 10 different IHS players reached the scoring column.
Fawson led with 14 points, all coming in the first two quarters, including a nifty sky hook to beat the halftime buzzer. Elza Clift was next with 10 points. Reese Curry scored nine, while Alana Mader and Harper Desmarteau scored eight each. Jackie Fager chipped in with seven.
THE BOYS game featured extended runs by both teams. Osawatomie offered up the first salvo, breaking an 11-11 deadlock with a 13-3 run to lead 24-14 early in the second quarter.
Iola responded with a wallop, outscoring the Trojans 24-5 before halftime.
Osawatomie didn’t go away quietly, pulling even at 41-41 in the second half, before put together a 15-6 outburst. The Trojans pulled no closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
Cortland Carson led the Mustangs with 19 points. Landon Weide scored 15, Mac Leonard 13, Matt Beckman 10 and Lucas Maier seven.
Iola returns to action next Friday at Wellsville.
