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Iola's Sam Fager and Ethan Riebel opened the 2022 tennis season at Neodesha Saturday, after the Mustang tennis team saw its first two competitions called off due to weather.

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April 4, 2022 - 2:54 PM

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NEODESHA — It took a couple of weeks, and a flurry of cancellations and postponements, but Iola High’s tennis team was finally able to open the 2022 season.

A pair of varsity players, Sam Fager and Ethan Riebel, traveled to Neodesha Saturday.

Riebel, playing in no. 2 singles, went 3-1 on the day to snare second place.

Not bad for a freshman in his first ever varsity competition, head coach Chris Belknap said.

Meanwhile, Fager — playing no. 1 singles for the first time in his career — went 0-4 against tough competition from host Neodesha, Independence and Maranatha Academy.

“The boys played very well,” Belknap said. “Sam told me he was beating himself during the match due to errors.”

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