CHANUTE — The wind was the biggest factor when the Iola High tennis team competed at Chanute Tuesday.
Ethan Riebel lost each of his matchups in No. 1 singles action, first going down to Fort Scott’s Casey Gomez, 8-0, and losing to Ottawa’s Jaxon Mourning, 8-0. Riebel then fell to Chanute’s Noah Vogel in his third and final match, 8-3.
Trapper Boren also fell in three straight matches, beginning with an 8-0 defeat to Fort Scott’s Jaxen DeMott, 8-0. He then lost to Ottawa’s Dylan Hanson, 8-6, before being toppled by Chanute’s Ayden Cummings, 8-2.
The duo of Brody Thompson and Payton Kern lost all three of their matchups. The Mustangs fell to Fort Scott’s David Jones and Christian Seals, 8-1. Thompson and Kern then lost to Ottawa’s Kole Spigel and Kolby Fanning, 8-1. The duo’s final match saw them get taken down by Chanute’s Ethan Burnett and Parker Henson, 8-1.
Zach Pfaff and Luke Wicoff also struck out and went 0-3 in match play. The pair lost to Fort Scott’s Kaiden Clary and Mykael Lewis, 8-5, and slipped to Ottawa’s Jamie Winslow and Danny Sorenson, 8-4. They then lost to Chanute’s Ector Garnica and Jaxson Vaughan, 8-0.
Iola competes in Pittsburg Thursday at 9 a.m.
