Busy season nears end for IMS girls
Iola Middle School’s girls are nearing the end of their frenetic 2013 schedule. On Monday, the Ponies hosted Royster Middle School of Chanute, their sixth game in the past eight days.
Iola went 1-3 against Royster, dropping the eighth-grade A team contest 34-13, and the seventh-grade A team contest, 33-16.
In B team action, Iola’s seventh-graders prevailed, 15-13, while Royster took the eighth-grade B game, 16-14.
Iola travels to Pittsburg Thursday for their final road game of the season before wrapping up the year at home Saturday for the IMS Winter Classic. Those games start at 8:30 a.m.
THE eighth-grade A team trailed 14-6 after one quarter and 20-6 at halftime.
“The score got away from us a little, but the girls played hard and didn’t quit,” Iola head coach Marty Taylor said. “Colbi Riley did some good things on both ends of the floor tonight.”
Riley led Iola with nine points. Karly McGuffin followed with two. Scout Rush and Katie Bauer each had one point.
The seventh-grade A team trailed 7-4 before Royster took control with a 12-3 run in the second quarter and a 9-4 run in the third.
“Except for a three-minute stretch in the second quarter, the girls really played pretty well tonight,” Taylor said. “We missed a lot of shots you would like to make, but it was a good effort.”
Kendra Sprague paced the seventh-graders with five points. Piper Moore and Madisyn Holloway each scored four. Mia Aronson had two and Shaylee Sutterby one.
Charvelle Peterson scored eight of Iola’s 15 points in the seventh-grade B team win.
“Charvelle has come a long way this season and continues to get better,” Taylor said.
Sprague added five points and Chloe Hageman scored two.
The eighth-grade B team was led by Olivia Taylor and Madison Carlin with four points each. Carly Cescon, Macayla Bycroft and Scout Rush all had two points.
