It was tough going against visiting Pittsburg Community Middle School’s Purple Dragons for Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade Ponies Thursday.
The Ponies found themselves down 24-0 in the second quarter. Nate Evans broke a 66-yard run to the end zone to get Iola on the scoreboard before halftime.
That was the only score the Ponies had on the night. They lost 46-6.
“We played pretty well in the first half but we just didn’t have the intensity in the second half,” said Marty Taylor, IMS head football coach.
“Nate really ran hard in the game. He had a couple of mistakes but overall he did a good job. Colton Toney played well on the defensive line.”
Evans rushed for 161 yards on 19 carries. Ben Cooper completed five of 12 passes for 80 yards and was intercepted once.
Chase Regehr made four catches for 30 yards. Garrett Wade made one catch for 50 yards.
Seth Sanford rushed seven times for 18 yards. Ethan Scheibmeir had six carries for 11 yards.
Iola travels to Burlington Monday.
Dragons beat Ponies
