FORT SCOTT — Iola High School’s boys rode a balanced scoring attack to a 49-36 C team win Monday over Prairie View. IN THE girls’ contest, the Fillies C team held an early lead before Prairie View took the lead for good with eight unanswered points. THE C TEAMS will return to action next Monday at Fort Scott to play against Chanute and the host Tigers.
The win came in the opening round of the Fort Scott Freshman Tournament.
The Mustangs never trailed, and opened an early nine-point lead.
Prairie View crept to within five late in the second quarter before the Mustangs scored the last four points of the half to lead, 29-20.
The lead never dipped below five in the second half.
Braden Plumlee led the Mustangs with 13 points, followed by Mason Ingle with 10. Ben Cooper and Isaiah Fawson both scored six, Rhett Allen and Chase Regehr had four each, and Joel Zimmerman, Zane Beasley and Garrett Wade all had two apiece.
Connor Gentry’s 17 paced the Buffalos.
Iola crept to within three in the second half, but no closer, in a 37-31 defeat.
Della Lohman had 10 and Riley Murry scored nine. Olivia Bannister followed with six. Alexis Heslop, Jadyn Sigg and Taelyn Sutterby had two each.
Madison Kemper scored 20 of Prairie View’s 37.
The same two teams played three nights earlier, when Prairie View downed Iola, 33-22, in a regular season game.
Lohman and Toni Macha scored six each to lead the Fillies in Friday’s game. Murry had five, Sydney Wade had three and Heslop and Brooklyn Storrer both had two.
The girls and boys will return to Fort Scott on Monday for the second and third rounds. The Fillies play Fort Scott at 3 p.m., followed by the boys at about 4:30, at the high school gymnasium.
A doubleheader follows against Chanute at the Buck Run Community Center. The Fillies tip off at 6, the boys at 7:30.
Fillies, Mustangs earn splits at tourney
