FORT SCOTT — Mother Nature delayed action for Iola High’s tennis team Monday.
But once the weather cleared, Iola’s Miah Shelby and Kiera Fawson provided a little thunder of their own.
Both swept past all three of their opponents as part of Fort Scott’s junior varsity invitational.
Shelby, playing No. 1 singles, surrendered only two points all day in dispatching Fort Scott Madyn Messer (6-0), Pittsburg’s Roary Hunziker (6-0) and Independence’s Marka Roth (6-2).
Fawson, in the No. 2 singles slot, did much the same. She rolled plast Fort Scott’s Karen Primeaux (6-1), Pittsburg’s Laikyn LaFever (6-0) and Kenna Romine of Independence (6-3).
The Mustang No. 1 doubles team of Rebekah Coltrane and Charlie Peters went 0-3. They lost, 6-2, to Fort Scott’s Gracyn Brown and Kinsley Brown; 6-0 to Pittsburg’s Marci Brown and Addy McCabe; and 6-2 to Jade Umlauf and Jordan Wilson of Independence.
“It was a very fun day of tennis,” Mustang head coach Chris Belknap said.
Iola was able to get a few matches in before the lightning delay put a halt to the action.
Once the storm cleared, action resumed, albeit under a light rain.
The players celebrated their on-court success with an ice cream cake at Dairy Queen, Belknap reported.
