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The Iola Register Winter Sports Special
The Iola Register Winter Sports Special
Quickness strong suit for Mustangs No way to sugar-coat last year’s 1-20 season for Iola
Iola High School 2011-2012 Boys Basketball Roster Name Ht. Pos. Class Clint Heffern 5-10 G Sr. Jarred Latta 6-1 G/F Sr. Jerrik Sigg 5-11 G Sr. Braden Larson 6-4 F Sr. Christian Kauth 6-2 G/F Sr. Corey Taylor 6-2 F Sr. Drew Walden 6-1 F Sr. Devon Conner 6-0 F Sr. Levi Ashmore 5-10 G Jr. Mason Coons 6-2 G Jr. Eli Grover 6-1 F Jr. Jacob Harrison 6-4 F Jr. Cole Morrison 5-9 G Jr. Drew Clark 5-6 G Jr. Paul Specht 5-9 F Jr. Trent Latta 5-8 G So. Tyler McIntosh 6-1 G/F So. Adam Kauth 6-1 G/F So. Tyler Powelson 6-1 F So. Bryan Mueller 5-8 G So. Austin Snyder 5-10 F So. Fryendz Wallace 5-11 F So. Jesse Zimmerman 5-11 G So. Alex Bauer 6-0 F Fr. Kohl Endicott 5-9 G Fr. Isaiah Grover 5-9 G Fr. Travis Hermstein 5-8 G Fr. Tyler Holloway 5-9 F Fr. Kaden Macha 5-11 F Fr. Adam Peterson 5-11 F Fr. Blake Thompson 5-6 G Fr. Shane Walden 5-7 G Fr. Head coach: Bill Peeper Assistant coaches: Dan Berg, Luke Bycroft Iola High School 2011-2012 Basketball Schedule Dec. 2 — Osawatomie Dec. 5 — Early Season Tournament, Louisburg Iola girls, boys vs. Burlington Dec. 6 — Early Season Tournament, Louisburg Iola girls, boys vs. Louisburg Dec. 8 — Fort Scott Invitational (JV boys, girls), Iola Dec. 9 — Early Season Tournament, Louisburg Iola girls, boys vs. TBA Dec. 10 — Fort Scott Invitational (JV boys, girls), Iola Dec. 13 — Parsons Dec. 16 — Independence Jan. 3 — Anderson County Jan. 6 — Girard Jan. 10 — Fort Scott Jan. 17-21 — Burlington Invitational Jan. 27 — Coffeyville (HC) Jan. 31 — Chanute Feb. 3 — Parsons Feb. 10 — Fort Scott Feb. 14 — Columbus Feb. 17 — Pittsburg Feb. 20-24 — Fort Scott tournament (9th) Feb. 21 — Labette County Feb. 23 — Independence Feb. 27-March 3 — Class 4A substate Home games in bold.
High’s Mustangs. But ... “These guys have shown commitment to becoming better as individual players and as a team,” said Bill Peeper, who is in his second season as Mustang head coach. “We were so young last year with just one senior. It was a learning situation for the guys and for me.” Peeper, who brought a sixyear coaching mark of 112-28 from Syracuse High School when he took the Iola job, looks for more progress and more wins in the Mustangs’ 2011-2012 season. The Mustangs have three full-time starters and three part-time starters returning to the court.
“This team is guard-oriented. We don’t have much size and few true post players. We do have solid ball handlers and good quickness throughout the roster,” Peeper said. Returning for the Mustangs are senior guards Clint Heffern and Jerrik Sigg and 6-4 senior forward Braden Larson. Sigg, a 5-11 guard, led the Mustangs with 154 points. He cashed in on 53 of 80 free throws for 66 percent. Larson dumped in 126 points as second-leading scorer and led the team in rebounds with 85 and blocked shots with 13. Heffern, 5-10, was Iola’s top three-point shooter, hitting 19 of 61 attempts, scoring a total of 87
points. He also dished out 33 assists. Senior Christian Kauth, a 6-2 guard-forward, scored 92 points a year ago and pulled down 49 rebounds. Kauth and 6-1 senior guard Jarred Latta and 5-10 junior guard Levi Ashmore are among Iola’s group of three-point range shooters. Ashmore scored 83 points and hit 15 of 56 three-point field goal attempts. He also led the team in assists with 36. Latta scored 68 points and had 44 rebounds. “We have the shooters to hit from long range, which we need to do because of our size. We were inconsistent in our scoring last year and a lot of that came from
the shots we ended up with,” Peeper said. “This is the second year of these guys in my system and things have gone smoother in practices. They know what I expect from them and how to run our offenses. We have a solid core group that was dedicated to the summer workouts.” Corey Taylor, a 6-3 senior, came off the bench for Iola last year and is expected to see plenty of time as a forward. Peeper said Larson, Kauth and Taylor are being counted on to handle the inside chores for Iola. Also back out after being sidelined last year with See MUSTANGS | page 18
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