Iola High School’s boys basketball team came up just short against Santa Fe Trail. The Chargers topped the Mustangs 62-59. Iola got off to a great start, going up 4-0 early, forcing turnovers and capitalizing on mistakes. Santa Fe Trail went on a short run to tie the game at 6-6. Iola went on a big 7-0 run fueled by six points from Tyler Boeken to go up 13-6. The Chargers responded and tied the game with a three at the end of the first quarter. Santa Fe Trail came roaring back in the second quarter as both teams swapped the lead. The Chargers scored late to take a 25-24 lead heading into the break. Coming out of the half, Iola had problems with ball control, allowing Santa Fe Trail to stretch its lead out. Iola came back within two points as the third ended after Cortland Carson hit a big trey. Iola pulled back the lead in the fourth, but every time the Mustangs got close, the Chargers would pull ahead a little more. The Mustangs got as close as 58-57 with 1:30 but the Chargers were deadly from the free-throw line, making 9-11 shots from the line in the fourth to preserve the win. Sam Fager had a look from beyond the arc late but was fouled while shooting and missed. As a team, Iola hit 10-15 from the free-throw line. Boeken was a perfect 3-3 from the line. Iola’s junior varsity won 36-34. Casey Rowe led the way with nine points. Japheth Rutoh and Cody Wille had six. Eli Adams and Carson had four. Travis Wanker had three. Gage Skahan and Isaac McCullough had two. Iola is 2-11 and hosts Burlington on Friday for homecoming IOLA (13-11-18-17—59) Weide 4/2-6-4-16 Adams 1-0-3-2 Fager 5/1-2-4-13 Carson 3/2-0-3-8 Riley 2-1-1-5 Boeken 6-3-3-15 TOTALS: 16/5-10-23-59 SANTA FE TRAIL (13-12-21-16—62) McCoy 4-4-5-12 Workman 3/1-2-3-9 Edwards 0-5-0-5 Watkins 5/3-3-2-16 Spoonmore 1-1-1-3 Buessing 2/1-4-3-9 Arnold 0-2-0-2 Schwartz 3-0-2-6 TOTALS: 13/5-15-17-62
Iola High School’s boys basketball team came up just short against Santa Fe Trail. The Chargers topped the Mustangs 62-59.
