Success breeds success.
That’s what the Iola High baseball team is hoping they can do in their first year under new head coach Levi Ashmore. The Mustangs return a strong nucleus of players which led them to a state tournament appearance last year where they fell to Ottawa, 5-3.
Ashmore also has experience in the Class 4A Kansas state baseball tournament when he played as a senior for the Mustangs in 2013. Iola fell to Topeka-Hayden.
“I’ve been really pleased. Guys are working hard and guys are listening,” Ashmore said of practices. “I think they’re liking it a lot. We’re talking about implementing change, moving forward and trying to put it into game form. They’ve done that well. I believe in our guys and I believe that if we play hard, everything will be fine.”