Middle School Girls Basketball: Iola Ponies
The Pony girls basketball team got off to an uneven start to the season on Thursday, leaving Garnett with a 1-2 record.
The two varsity teams lost their game while the junior varsity came from behind and won theirs.
The middle school junior varsity started strong, earning a 22-20 win to start the evening.
Iola led 6-4 coming out of the first quarter and stretched that lead to five with a 5-2 second quarter.
Garnett came out of the half hot, outscoring Iola 14-6 in the third quarter to take a three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Ponies defense clamped down in the fourth quarter, outscoring Garnett 5-0 to retake the lead at 22-20 as time expired.
Louise Caron put up 13 points and five rebounds. Kadin Smith had five points and three steals, June Khang had two points and two steals and Hallie McDermit had two points and two rebounds.
Crystal Lindsey had four rebounds.
After that is where the struggles began.
The seventh-grade varsity was blown out, 38-2.
The lone two points came in the first quarter for Iola before they were completely shut down in the final three quarters of the game.
Rebekah Coltrane had Iolas lone bucket along with three rebounds. Jackie Fager had seven rebounds, Jenna Morrison had four rebounds and Hallie Sutherland had two rebounds.
The Ponies accrued 25 total turnovers.
Things went better for the eighth-grade varsity but they still came up short, losing 18-10.
Garnett dominated the first half, outscoring Iola 14-2 heading into halftime.
