The Santa Fe Trail Chargers will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Iola Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Santa Fe Trail will be strutting in after a win while Iola will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Santa Fe Trail strolled past Anderson County with points to spare, taking the game 65-46.
Meanwhile, Iola unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a hard 62-46 fall against Wellsville. While losing is never fun, Iola can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while Wellsville is ranked 42nd).
Landon Weide put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 14 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Mac Leonard was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Santa Fe Trail's win bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Iola, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 11-8.
Santa Fe Trail came out on top in a nail-biter against Iola when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 63-61. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Iola's Cortland Carson, who scored 22 points along with two steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Santa Fe Trail still be able to contain Carson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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