Play ball! Spring sports season beckons

Area high schools will throw their first pitches of the spring baseball and softball season next week with Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Crest and Yates Center teams taking the field.

Sports

March 14, 2024 - 2:08 PM

Iola High's Mac Leonard delivers a pitch during the 2023 Mustang baseball season. Register file photo

With basketball and wrestling in the rearview mirror, area high school teams are ready to move outdoors for the 2024 spring sports season.

Iola, Humboldt, Crest and Yates Center will open their respective baseball and softball schedules next week, while track and field, golf and tennis will have to wait a little longer.

For Iola, the Mustang baseball and softball teams will host Crest with doubleheaders starting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Iola’s Riverside Park.

Iola High’s Harper Desmarteau bats during a softball game in 2023.Register file photo

Iola’s teams then venture to Chanute for a single game at 4:30 p.m. March 22. 

Crest also has more action, next Thursday with doubleheaders at Uniontown.

Humboldt won’t need to wait as long. Its baseball and softball squads travel to Frontenac Monday before hosting Caney Valley Thursday.

Yates Center also is geting an early jump on the spring sports with a doubleheader at Flinthills Monday.

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