Iola Middle School and Humboldt Middle School’s B teams were joined by Pittsburg for a round-robin tournament at IMS Saturday.
Iola’s Mustangs had a tough go of it, falling 23-11 to Pittsburg and 24-3 to Humboldt.
Scoring for the Mustangs against Pittsburg were Jayden Beene with five, Trevor Tatman with two and Raiden Kern with one apiece.
Beene had two and Brennen Coffield one against Humboldt.
ON TOP of defeating Iola, Humboldt dropped a 37-35 defeat to Pittsburg in overtime.
“This was a hard-fought game,” HMS head coach Jeremy Weilert said. “I am super proud of our effort.
Kyler Isbell led Humboldt against Pittsburg with 21 points, 11 rebounds and six steals, “as impressive a stat line as I have seen,” Weilert said. “The rest of the team worked their tails off too.”
Mason Sterling was next with eight points, seven rebounds and seven steals. Creed Shannon, Conner Sallee and Tanner King all scored two each.
The Cubs spread the wealth against Iola. Sterling led with eight points, while Avery Works was next with seven. Sallee and Isbell both scored six, Shannon had five, Layne Ellison fourth and King with two. Sterling and Isbell both had four rebounds. Sterling also had six steals.
ON THURSDAY, Humboldt’s squads took on Fredonia, with the boys A team prevailing, 37-28. Fredonia’s B team won a 16-13 decision in two quarters.
A 14-7 run in the second quarter led Humboldt in the A team win.
Logan Page led with seven points, while Colden Cook and Blake Ellis both scored seven. Asher Hart had six, Sallee four and Isbell and Jacob Harrington each with two. Cook had eight rebounds. Page and Ellis both had three steals.
“Fredonia is a pretty good team,” Weilert said. “They gave us everything they had, and we were able to get the win. It was a great team win.”
Isbell scored five and Sterling four for the B team. Sallee and Shannon both had two.
Humboldt’s girls also had a successful night against Fredonia, with the A team rolling, 35-5, and the B team prevailing, 23-14.
