The action promises to come fast and furious for Iola’s American Legion baseball teams at their respective state tournaments.
The AA Senior Legion squad begins play Wednesday afternoon at Topeka’s Bettis Sports Complex. The Indians will play Concordia at 3 p.m., immediately prior to the tournament’s opening ceremony.
They’ll continue pool play against Larned at 9 a.m. Thursday and wrap up the preliminary round against Hiawatha at 2 p.m. Friday.
The top two teams from Iola’s pool will advance to Saturday’s semifinal and final rounds against the top two teams from the AAA side of the bracket. Those teams are the Kansas Senators, Ottawa Arrows, Pittsburg and Leavenworth.
The semifinal games will run at 9 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, with the championship game to follow at 2:30 p.m.
IOLA’S A Junior Legion squad, meanwhile, begins play at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday against Overbrook at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
Pool play for the Indians continues at 8:30 p.m. Thursday against Newton and 8:30 p.m. Friday against Pittsburg.
The top two pool teams will advance to Saturday’s semifinals against the top two finishers from the other side of the bracket, Topeka, Marysville, Clay Center and Great Bend.
The semifinals run at 9 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday with the championship game to follow at 2 p.m.