The Iola Middle School girls basketball teams matched up with Osawatomie and Uniontown on Monday and Tuesday nights.
The eighth grade Mustangs were the lone winning team over Osawatomie on Monday as well as against Uniontown on Tuesday. The junior varsity squad did not suit up on Tuesday against Uniontown due to illnesses among team members.
Osawatomie
The eighth grade Iola team took down Osawatomie with a final score of 29-7.
Dally Curry led the scoring with 12 points, including four free throws, while Brooklyn Holloway totaled 10 points and Zoie Hesse sank seven.
“We won, but lost focus on running our offense and working as a team on defense,” said Iola head coach Stacy Sprague. “Zoie was successful in stealing the ball when we attempted a press. Holloway and Curry were also very successful in stealing the ball and causing turnovers by Osawatomie.”
The seventh grade Mustangs fell to Osawatomie, 14-9.
Shaylee Karns led the scoring charge with four points, followed by Bella Wilson’s three and Estavia Genoble’s two.
“This team also needs to protect the ball and slow down to run our offense,” said Sprague.
Iola’s junior varsity team slipped to Osawatomie by two points, 8-6.
The Mustangs were shut out in the second half, scoring their six points off a trio of layups from Addilyn Wacker, Zoe Warner and Libby Maier.
“The junior varsity still needs to work on protecting the ball,” Sprague said of a common theme.
Uniontown
The eighth grade Mustangs knocked off Uniontown, 28-15.
Holloway led offensively with nine points while Curry and Hesse finished with eight and seven points apiece, respectively. Hesse led with seven rebounds and snatched two steals from the Eagles’ offense. Shyla Preston also collected three rebounds.
