Area schools set sights on postseason

Area high schools are gearing up for the postseason in their respective sports.
For Iola, the postseason begins next week for tennis, baseball and softball.
The Mustang tennis squad travels to independence May 2 and 3 at the Ken Brown Tennis Courts at Riverside Park for the Class 4A regional competition.
Qualifiers will go to Wichita Collegiate High School for the Class 4A State Tournament May 10 and 11.
The Pioneer League baseball and softball tournaments begin May 2. The Mustang baseball squad is assured of a home game while the Fillies will likely hit the road for softball.
The Pioneer League Tournament concludes May 6 in Iola.
Class 4A Regionals will be May 13 and 15 in Garnett’s Dutch Brummel Field for baseball and in Chanute’s Santa Fe Park for softball.
Qualifiers will head to the state tournament in Salina May 23-24.
Golfers will head to El Dorado May 13 for the Class 4A Regional Tournament at Prairie Trails Country Club in El Dorado for a shot at the state tournament May 20 in Cheney.
Track athletes will compete in the Pioneer League Tournament May 9 in Richmond. Class 4A Regionals are in Iola May 17. The top finishers at regionals go on to state.
The state track meet — for all high schools in Kansas, classes 1A through 6A — is May 24 and 25 in Wichita.

HUMBOLDT’S baseball team, which finished third in Kansas Class 3A in 2012, hosts this year’s regional playoffs May 13 and 15 at Walter Johnson Field. The Prevailing team heads to Manhattan May 23 and 24 for the 2013 state playoffs.
The softball team will vie for a state playoff berth May 13 and 14 in Pittsburg.
The Cub track teams travel to Wellsville May 17 at the Class 3A regional meet.
Humboldt golfers will travel to Crestwood Country Club in Pittsburg May 13 for the regional tournament. The state tournament is May 20 at Spring Creek Golf Course in Seneca.

YATES CENTER hosts the Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament May 14 and 16, which includes Marmaton Valley. The winning team heads to Emporia May 23-24 for the state tournament.
Both schools’ softball teams will be in Uniontown May 14 and 16 for regional action. The state playoffs are May 23 and 24 in Emporia.
The schools will split their postseason focus in golf and track.
Marmaton Valley’s golf team will travel to Pretty Prairie May 13 for a shot at the 1A State Tournament May 20 at the Emporia Municipal Golf Course. Yates Center, meanwhile, travels to Leonardville Golf Course in Riley County to participate in the Sand Green Regionals. The sand green state tournament is May 20 at Tipton Oaks Golf Course in Tipton.
Yates Center will host the Class 2A regional track meet May 17.
Marmaton Valley, meanwhile, will join Crest and Southern Coffey County’s track teams at the SCC-hosted Class 1A Regional Track Meet May 17 in Burlington.