Pairings for Iola High’s baseball and softball teams for the upcoming Class 4A Regional Tournament have been announced.
The Mustangs (15-4) will host their four-team regional and will play Labette County (7-13) at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Allen Community College.
The winner will play immediately afterward against the winner of either Bishop Miege (13-7) or Fort Scott (11-9), who square off at 2 p.m. at ACC.
The Fillies, meanwhile, will head to Holton Tuesday for their regional action.
Iola (11-8) will take on Independence (11-8) at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Holton’s Chandler Park — one hour earlier than originally scheduled because of the weather forecast. Holton (19-1), the host and top seed, will take on Atchison (2-16) at 3:30 p.m. The Iola-Independence and Holton-Atchison winners will then face off at f p.m. with a state tournament berth on the line.
The Class 4A state tournaments for baseball and softball are in Salina May 27-28.
IN A related matter, Marmaton Valley and Crest’s softball teams saw their Class 2-1A action moved back a day, to Tuesday, and switched to Paola from Mound City, because of weather. The Wildcats will take on Marais des Cygnes Valley, while Crest plays Lyndon.
