The Iola High boys and girls are hosting the “War on 54,” a home basketball tournament tipping off Tuesday. Other schools signed up to participate include those from Humboldt, Crest, Marmaton Valley and Yates Center.
Iola High School and Iola Elementary School will be the pair of locations hosting a grand total of 24 games stretched out over three days. The boys and girls will compete in different brackets. The games will begin on Tuesday and continue on Thursday and Friday.
Tuesday
On the girls’ side, Humboldt and Crest will kickstart Tuesday’s slate with a 3:30 p.m. tip-off at the high school, while Marmaton Valley and St. Paul will duke it out at the elementary school at the same time. Iola’s girls will take on Cherryvale at 6:30 p.m. at the high school.
The final girls’ game on Tuesday will feature Anderson County hosting Yates Center at the elementary school at 6:30 p.m.
The Humboldt boys will host St. Paul at the high school beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. At the same time, Cherryvale and Yates Center will stack up inside the elementary school.
Tuesday night’s action begins at 8 o’clock with the Iola boys hosting the Crest boys at the high school while the Anderson County and Marmaton Valley boys match up at the elementary school also at 8 p.m.
Thursday
The girls bracket will continue on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The winners of Tuesday’s matchup between Anderson County and Yates Center will play the winner of the Marmaton Valley and St. Paul game at the elementary school and the losers of those matches will play at the high school.
The winner of the Humboldt and Crest girls game will face off against the winner of the Iola and Cherryvale matchup at a TBD site on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The pair of losers between the two games will meet at 6:30 p.m. as well at either the high school or elementary school. 
Thursday’s boys games begin at 5 p.m. The winners of Tuesday’s Cherryvale versus Yates Center game as well as the Anderson County and Marmaton Valley game will play at the elementary school. The pair of losers from these games will meet at the high school at 5 p.m.
At 8 p.m., the boys games will see the winner of the Humboldt and St. Paul matchup meet with the winner of the Iola and Crest game at either the high school or the elementary school. The pair of losers from those games will meet at 8 p.m. at one of the sites. 
Friday
Friday’s action will feature first- and fifth-place games on either side of the bracket. The girls first-place game will be at 6:30 p.m. at the high school while the fifth-place game will take place at the elementary school at 6:30 p.m. 
There will also be a girls third-place game at the high school at 3:30 p.m. while the seventh-place matchup will be at the elementary school at 3:30 p.m.
