Iola High School’s girl basketball team could never shut the door when Santa Fe Trail paid a visit Tuesday night. The Mustangs lost 69-24. The game started well for Iola when Maci Miller hit two free throws to put the Mustangs up 2-0. But minutes later, Santa Fe Trail went on a 5-0 run to take a 12-6 lead. The Mustangs struggled from there, turning the ball over in spades and missing shots when they had chances. The Chargers were electric from deep and sank a ton of threes early to build a big lead before the half. At the break Santa Fe Trail stretched the lead to 20. At the half, Iola trailed 46-19. The Chargers’ dominance continued in the second half. A running clock was triggered in the fourth quarter, the Chargers up 50-19. Iola wasn’t able to figure out how to stop the Chargers from deep and it plagued them all game. Ball control also hurt any chance Iola had of bringing the game closer. “It was tough for us because no matter how good our defense was, they scored,” said Iola head coach Kelsey Johnson. “I feel like my girls did a good job but it was the little breakdowns we had that we needed to improve. Offensively, we came out strong, but we have to continue that.” Iola’s junior varsity won 32-19. Reese Curry led the way with 12 points. Keira Fawson scored seven. Tatum Boyd scored five. Jackie Fager and Karingten Hall scored three. Alana Mader had two. Iola is 2-11 and hosts Burlington on Friday for homecoming. IOLA (13-6-2-3–24) Houk 0-0-2-0 Plumlee 2/1-1-3-6 Miller 1-11-2-13 Jenna Curry 1-0-4-2 Sturgeon 1-1-1-3 TOTALS: 5/1-13-13-24 SANTA FE TRAIL (27-19-9-14—69) Buessing 9/3-2-0-23 Herren 2-1-4-5 Whitaker 4/2-0-4-10 Washington 4-6-3-14 Long 6/4-1-3-17 TOTALS: 16/9-10-17-69
Iola High School’s girl basketball team could never shut the door when Santa Fe Trail paid a visit Tuesday night. The Mustangs lost 69-24.
