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Pilot crash lands near airport

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

James Devers, 27, Oklahoma City, was taken to the hospital after he crash landed his single-engine airplane near the Allen County Regional Airport Saturday evening. PHOTO COURTESY OF SIERRA SNAVELY

A pilot was taken to the hospital Saturday evening after his single-engine airplane ran out of fuel and crashed southeast of Iola.

James V. Devers, 27, Oklahoma City, was attempting to land at Allen County Regional Airport, but the engine to his 1976 Cessna sputtered and died.

Devers attempted to land the aircraft along 2000 Street, about three miles east of the

airport.

He did so, but the plane’s wing clipped a tree, sending the aircraft careening into the ditch and slamming into another tree.

Stacey Murrell heard the incident. She was outside on her deck when she heard something skidding along the gravel before crashing to a stop.

“I didn’t hear the motor,” she said. “I assumed it had died already.”

She raced to her car, cell phone in hand, ready to dial

911.

“I knew it had to be something bad,” she said.

As she drove from her house to the road, about 100 yards or so, she saw the plane’s wreckage.

“I was expecting to see a car,” she said. “I never expected to see a plane crash in my front yard.”

Sierra Snavely, meanwhile, was traveling in a vehicle along with boyfriend Zack English and saw the blinking See CRASH | Page A2

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Panel says lawmakers deserve a pay raise

Sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s beckoned crowds to travel through time at the Farm-City Days parade on Saturday.

Above, the Iola High School marching band displays its new uniforms. At lower left, Allen County Youth Football players, Dannell Eads, left, and Corbin Coffield toss candy to the crowd. Both are sixth-graders at Iola Middle School. At lower right, Allen Community College students and faculty embraced the theme to show changing fashions and trends through the decades, while also celebrating the college’s 100th anniversary. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

By DYLAN LYSEN Kansas News Service

The bipartisan Legislative Compensation Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to recommend a proposal that calls for raising lawmaker pay from an average c o m p e n - At the sation of Capitol $29,000 to an annual salary of $43,000.

Legislative leaders like the Senate president and the speaker of the House would earn more, up to $68,000.

The plan now heads to the full Legislature, where lawmakers will need to consider authorizing their own pay raise to go into effect in 2025.

Commission Chair Mark Hutton, a former Republican state lawmaker, said the See RAISES | Page A3

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Rat rod turns heads at Farm-City Days car show

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Bruce Haughton of Burlington shows off his rat rod, made from assorted parts and metal scraps, at Saturday’s FarmCity Days Car Show. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Bruce Haughton is no stranger to car shows, spending days at a time to prepare a bit of automotive excellence for the masses to enjoy.

But for all the gleaming machines of horsepower and artistry on display at Saturday’s Farm-City Days Car Show, few matched the eccentricities of Hauton’s entry, a 1946 rat rod.

The vehicle, sporting the frame of a 1946 Jeep Willy, took several years to assemble.

“Everything is a different piece,” Haughton explained.

“I got it six or seven years ago, and I just had it sitting, waiting to collect the odds and ends.”

There is plenty to marvel, from the welding plug affixed to the frame, with a kill switch hidden inside, “so nobody can steal it,” Haughton joked.

The rod’s bed came from an old Studebaker, “cut in half both ways” so it would fit.

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Class of ‘03 reunites Iola High School’s Class of 2003 celebrated their 20-year reunion Saturday evening at the Iola Elks Lodge. A shared sense of disbelief that 20 years had already passed permeated the event. Classmates from as far as Washington, Colorado and Arkansas made it home. COURTESY PHOTO

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red light from Devers’s plane as it was gliding to the ground.

“It was very low, right above the power lines,” she said. “I figured he was going to the airport.

I didn’t know what he was doing, but I figured he did. But then the light disappeared.”

As Snavely and English continued southbound, they came upon the accident, just as Murrell was calling 911.

“All we could see was the red light blinking, then we saw what had happened,” Snavely said.

Devers was conscious, but a bit disoriented, Murrell said, “and he had a gash on the top of his head.”

The pilot, who was wearing a seat belt, was able to free himself from the wreckage before the ambulance arrived.

Both Snavely and Murrell spoke of the trepidation of approaching an accident scene, uncertain of

what they would find inside.

“It all was such a shock,” Murrell said.

“Even though I didn’t know him, my adrenaline was rushing as I called 911. I was trying to answer the operator’s questions, and he was rambling a little.”

English, Snavely and Murrell helped Devers to English’s pickup, where he sat on the tailgate until an ambulance arrived minutes later.

Devers was treated at Allen County Regional Hospital for what the Kansas Highway Patrol described as minor injuries.

“I hope he’s OK,” Murrell said. “He had to be going pretty fast.

Zack looked at the skids marks in the gravel, and he probably went about 300 to 500 feet before he crashed.”

Murrell said she questioned deputies at the scene — the pilot already had been transfered to the hospital — why Devers didn’t simply land in an empty

Public notices (Published in The Iola Register Oct. 24, 2023) PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ POLICY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3126, of a public hearing to be held on the 13th day of November, 2023, at 6:45p.m, at the district office at 128 West Oak Street, Moran, KS 66755 regarding the Unified School District No. 256, Allen County, Kansas proposed poli-

(Published in The Iola Register Oct. 24, 2023) PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT STUDENTS’ POLICY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to K.S.A. 72-3126, of a public hearing to be held on the 13th day of November, 2023, at 6:50 p.m. at 603 E. Broad Street, Colony, KS 66015 regarding the Unified School District No. 479, Anderson County, Kansas proposed

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bean field.

That’s because by that time of day — the sun had set nearly an hour earlier — the easiest things to see from the sky in rural areas are the limestone-covered gravel roads.

“If he was landing in a field, he couldn’t see anything,” Murrell said.

BOTH Snavely and Murrell said they were uncertain whether the episode would influence their decisions to fly.

Snavely, who admits to having a fear of flying since seeing a movie as a young teen, said she is scheduled to fly to Rhode Island later this year.

“But it’s going to be a in a big plane, and I assume they’ll make sure it has fuel,” she laughed.

Murrell, on the other hand, may not have to worry.

“I’ve never flown in a plane before,” she said.

The plane’s wreckage was transported via tow truck to the airport.

Scharff inducted LEXINGTON, VA — Kendall Scharff, a native of Elsmore, was recently initiated into the Pittsburg State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 146 new initiates from seven universities during September 2023.

Students initiated into the Society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors, or graduate/professional students in the top 35% of their class, demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the five pillars, and embrace the ODK ideals. Fewer than 5% of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

Fire safety fun Dennis Sidebottom was among a crew of LaHarpe volunteer firefighters who paid a visit to Robin and Kandra Manbeck’s My Second Home Daycare Friday to teach fire safety. Here, Sidebottom lets youngsters, from left, Cole Rose, Jamie Bowen, Emmett Manbeck and Porter Chandlee handle a fire hose. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Veterans memorial to visit SEK The Eyes of Freedom, a traveling memorial dedicated to honoring our nation’s veterans, will visit Independence next month. The exhibit will arrive the evening of Wed., November 8

at the city’s Memorial Hall, 410 N. Penn Ave. An opening ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. the evening of the 8th, and the exhibit will be open the next two days, Thursday and Friday, from 9 a.m.

Area students star in ESU musical EMPORIA — Two area students will have roles in Emporia State University Theatre’s presentation of “Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.

Rachel Shaffer of Iola, performs Voice of Audrey II. Lexie Vega of Iola plays Crystal.

Performances are scheduled for Oct. 2628 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Karl C. Bruder in King Hall on the ESU campus.

The story follows Seymour, a down-andout floral assistant who discovers a peculiar plant with a craving for human flesh.

As the plant, Audrey II, grows increasingly

Police news Battery reported Paul Porter told Iola police officers of a battery that occurred Friday morning in the 200 block of North First Street. A suspect was identified, officers said, and charges are being sought.

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demanding and dangerous, Seymour must navigate a web of moral dilemmas, all while trying to win the heart of his co-worker and love interest, Audrey.

“Little Shop of Horrors” is a unique blend of comedy and horror with dark humor, outrageous characters and an electrifying 1960s pop/rock score.

Correction

License plate stolen Officers received a report from JW Auto Cars Friday that a license plate was stolen from a trailer in the 400 block of North State Street.

Saturday’s article on Delbert and Eddyra Nelson, who served as the Farm Marshals for this weekend’s FarmCity Days parade, misspelled Eddyra’s name. We apologize for the mistake.

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commission’s proposal is meant to provide a fairer compensation that also increases the opportunity for regular Kansans to run for office.

“What we’re trying to do here,” Hutton said, “is develop a compensation package that would not incentivize, but support people from our citizenry that wanted to serve in the Legislature and not punish them financially for doing it.”

Currently, lawmakers often have to juggle legislative work with another job, and that balancing act is sometimes cited as a reason they leave office.

The proposed salary is based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for average annual wages of Kansans.

The plan also calls for annual adjustments to pay based on a threeyear rolling average of the statewide wage increases reported by the bureau.

Currently, Kansas lawmakers are paid a $88.66 daily salary for the 90 days they serve during the legislative session.

Lawmakers saw an annual increase to the daily rate between 1997 and 2009, but the daily rate has not changed since.

They also get $157 a day for food and housing in Topeka and a

Members of the bipartisan special legislative compensation committee, expressed support for a new base salary of $45,000 annually. SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL VIA KANSAS REFLECTOR

session. The commission chose to keep the $157 per diem in effect,

$7,000 stipend for the rest of the year when the Legislature is not in

At left, a group of runners gathers at the start of Saturday’s Russell Stover Chocolates Fun Run, a 5K race included as part of the 52nd annual Farm-City Days celebration. The candy company is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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but discontinue the $7,000 stipend.

The Legislature could reject the commission’s rate change during the first 30 days of the 2024 session and force the commission to try again. If the Legislature rejects a proposal a second time, the current compensation rate would remain in effect.

But at least one critic argued the pay increase was too high. In an email to the commission, an unnamed Kansas resident noted the plan increases lawmaker pay even though the state’s minimum wage hasn’t increased in years. They also asked to send the proposal to Kansas

voters.

“The increase is far too much to consider at once,” the person wrote.

The Legislature created the commission during the 2023 session to review how much lawmakers make and possibly increase their pay after the 2024 election cycle.

The commission also provided a buffer from lawmakers directly boosting their own pay.

Republican state Rep. Blake Carpenter, who proposed the creation of the commission, said in March that lawmakers have discussed a pay increase for years, but they have not taken any action out of fear of angering voters and jeopardizing their reelection chances.

Democratic Rep. Rui Xu said at the same time that he supported the plan to help lawmakers avoid taking on financial hardship to represent their neighbors in the statehouse.

Xu said he had to quit his full-time job when he was elected in 2018, and he effectively took a 70% pay cut to serve in the Kansas House.

He said he takes parttime freelance work half of the year to make ends meet.

“It’s not easy and it’s not stable,” Xu said.

“My wife and I are wondering what happens if those go away.”

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Above, Sara Hutton of Gas points her son, Grayson, toward a piece of candy thrown during the FarmCity Days Parade Saturday. At top right, the farm marshals Eddyra and Delbert Nelson, and lower right, city marshals Joyce and Harry Lee share a friendship that has spanned decades, since Harry Lee and Delbert Nelson were high school classmates. Harry Lee, in fact, served as the best man at the Nelsons’ wedding. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

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from a large conveyor belt chain. The throttle cable, displayed prominently from the hood, is a rusted chainsaw chain.

But almost always, the element that catches everyone’s eye is the upholstery, a pair of emptied dog food bags stuffed with foam.

“Everybody loves the upholstery,” Haughton said.

The front window came from a Jeep as well, but the frame was cut to about half its original size, along with smaller windows, to better conform to the rest of the vehicle.

Haughton’s rat rod has been inspected by the Kansas Highway Patrol and is legal to drive on the city street, although longrange trips are ill-advised, Haughton said.

For one thing, the hard metal beneath his unusual upholstery is quite uncomfortable.

“You can’t sit there for very long,” he said.

“And it’s crazy, stupid fast. You’ll probably

get killed if you try to go the speed limit.”

The exterior components were intentionally left out in the elements to preserve his rat rod’s rusted look.

(The headlight cowls were left in a sink with the water dripping.)

to enjoy car shows even more than his more traditional entries.

“I’ve been to a lot of car shows, where you spend two or three days cleaning it up and getting it ready,” he noted.

“Here, you just just get in and turn the key.”

The streaks, indeed, look like the vehicle has been driven at high speed through the rain.

Haughton enjoys talking about the creative process in putting together the vehicle.

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Your outlook plays a key role in happiness What does science say about happiness?

Is there any research on what creates happiness? Thanks to recent studies, we now know how to define and create happiness in our lives. In a recent webinar sponsored by Wyandotte County K-State Research and Extension, certified nurse leader and health coach Michelle Lane explained the facts of happiness.

Happiness can be defined as a combination of how satisfied you are with your life plus how good you feel on a dayto-day basis. Research tells us that 10% of happiness is determined by your circumstances, 50% is biologically determined, and 40% is controlled by your thoughts, actions, and behaviors.

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to what many people think, happiness is not about having the best or newest things or having lots of money.

Your outlook on life and the way you view the world around you play a big role in your level of happiness. Human brains are deeply intertwined with a mind-body connection, meaning that our thoughts and feelings directly impact our overall health. Happy people are less likely to have cardiovascular disease, have higher immunity, heal faster, have

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When we are fetuses inside the womb, the brain and brainstem actually pinch off from the cells that make up the Research says 10% of happiness is determined stomach. This is why gut health is so importby your circumstances, 50% is biologically deter- ant and why the saying “You are what you eat” mined, and 40% is conactually has some truth trolled by your thoughts, behind it. Dopamine, actions, and behaviors. oxytocin, serotonin, COURTESY PHOTO and endorphins are the a healthier diet, and live magical quartet of horlonger lives. With over mones that affect how 40 years of research we feel. When we acfrom Johns Hopkins, complish something, we know that diseases dopamine is released progress quicker in peo- into our bloodstream. ple with a negative out- Oxytocin is the love horlook. By choosing to be mone and is triggered happy, you can add 7½ through social bonding, years to your life. Not eye contact, and attenonly does it feel good to tiveness. Giving hugs be happy, but it is also is a great way to release

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House speaker drama resumes; 9 contenders try to unite GOP

By TODD J. GILLMAN The Dallas Morning News/TNS

WASHINGTON – House Republicans return Monday to their quest for a unicorn – a congressman trusted enough by moderates and the far-right alike to become speaker and end weeks of backbiting and paralysis.

It’s usually not this hard.

Nine candidates spent the weekend pitching themselves to colleagues as the one who can unite at least 217 of the 221 Republicans and fill the job that’s been vacant since Oct. 3.

Rep. Pete Sessions, now in his 13th term, is among the contenders.

He led the party’s House campaign effort in the 2010 midterms, when Republicans picked up 63 seats in the biggest landslide since 1938.

He’s up against current members of leadership and rising stars of the hard right, though none are household names outside their own districts or, maybe, their state.

They all see themselves as uniters, though it’s hard to lead when people refuse to follow. And as the GOP civil war has raged it’s become clear that hardliners aren’t keen on empowering moderates and vice versa.

Ask Kevin McCarthy, pushed out after just 9

U.S. Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) speaks to the media as he leaves a closed-door House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 20. (ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES/TNS) months when a mere 8 back-benchers rebelled.

He’d spent years positioning himself for the speakership, collecting chits through prodigious fundraising on behalf of candidates and working his way up the leadership ladder.

When the job slipped away from him, two senior and broadly popular underlings tried to fill it. Neither came close to hitting 217: Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio.

Scalise got the nomination first but dropped out when Jordan backers refused to fall in line. Jordan ended up stymied by 25 defections on the third humiliating ballot in the

full House on Friday, after which the majority of the conference – meaning, the tally included many who truly wanted him to become speaker – stripped him of the nomination.

Of the nine who stepped up after, most go unrecognized by tourists in the marble halls of the Capitol, and are rarely swarmed by reporters eager for insight from insiders.

Who are the contenders?

• Sessions, one of 25 Texas Republicans, the most of any state.

• Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota, third in leadership behind the speaker and majority leader. Farright Republican activ-

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ists have accused Mr. Emmer of being insufficiently supportive of former President Donald J. Trump.

• Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama, two slots below Emmer as chair of the House Republican Policy Committee. A member of the Freedom Caucus, Palmer keeps a lower profile than many of his deeply conservative counterparts.

• Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, is vice chair of the House Republican Conference.

An evangelical Christian who is a member of the Judiciary Committee, Johnson was a key architect of Republicans’ objections to certifying the victory of Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Jan. 6, 2021.

• Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern, chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee bloc. Nicknamed the “McCongressman” for his previous ownerships of 18 McDonald’s franchises, Hern, a former aerospace engineer, was elected to the House in 2018.

• Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, a member of the even more conservative Freedom Caucus, who would be the first Black speaker.

• Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, whose last-minute challenge of Jordan revealed that scores of Republicans would be very unhappy if the Ohioan got the gavel. A small-business owner, Mr. Scott was the freshman class presi-

dent for the 112th Congress.

• Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan, a retired Marine lieutenant general who has earned cachet with many of the mainstream conservatives — several of whom are military veterans themselves — who opposed Mr. Jordan’s candidacy and want an experienced leader at the helm.

• Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, is a rare lawmaker with ties to several factions as a member of Hern’s group, the RSC, and of moderates’ Problem Solvers and Main Street Republicans caucuses.

He told the National Review he was considering running because “I’m not gonna let this kindergarten continue.”

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The Gaetz of Republican hell The eight House Republicans who ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy two weeks ago are getting exactly what they bargained for, whether they knew it then or not. The instigator, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, thinks a better Speaker would be Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan. But on Friday Mr. Jordan lost another floor vote, making it three this week, first with 20 defections, then 22, and finally 25.

Some of the Jordan dissenters are still angry about the shabby treatment of Mr. McCarthy and the conference’s No. 2 choice, Rep. Steve Scalise. Others seem to believe Mr. Jordan is too much of a firebrand to serve as the party’s frontman.

The no votes Friday included half of the Republicans in districts carried by President Biden in 2020. Mr. Jordan lost ground despite some notable attempts at sausage-making.

He reportedly tried to lure blue-state Republicans with a plan to double the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT. Capping it at $10,000 was a huge victory in President Trump’s 2017 tax reform, so Mr. Jordan’s pledge contradicted the

claim that as Speaker he’d be a conservative’s conservative.

Also, seven of the McCarthy mutineers said in a letter that in exchange for electing Mr. Jordan, they’d accept “censure, suspension, or removal from the Conference.”

Maybe they could have landed Mr. Jordan the job if they had offered seppuku.

By late Friday afternoon, chaos reigned. About a dozen Republicans had begun making calls to line up their own supporters, or were considering it, in advance of another Speaker candidate forum expected Monday. Hope they had a fun weekend.

The GOP is right to refuse the idea, dangled by Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, of a “bipartisan governing coalition.” But Republicans need to come up with a consensus candidate, and fast.

Perhaps it’s acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, or perhaps someone else. This isn’t a life sentence, after all. But friends in Israel and Ukraine need America’s support, government funding runs out again in a month, and Virginia goes to the polls a week before that.

— The Wall Street Journal

EV production: It’s not an either/or for good-paying jobs The U.S. economy is in the early stages of an oncein-a-lifetime shift from an economy powered by fossil fuels. To prevent catastrophic climate change we have to switch quickly to electric vehicles and appliances fueled by renewable energy.

But it shouldn’t come at the expense of good-paying jobs — and it doesn’t have to.

Now that the electrification revolution is solidly underway — with electric car sales surging and electric heat pumps outselling gas furnaces — bad-faith actors are trying to exploit workers’ anxieties about their role in a zero-emission future.

That effort has been on display most recently in the autoworkers’ strike against the Big Three carmakers.

When former President Trump visited Michigan last month, he said electric vehicle mandates will kill the U.S. auto industry so it doesn’t matter what sort of contract autoworkers secure.

“In two years you’re all going to be out of business,” he said, adding that “your jobs will be gone forever.”

It took only a few days for the United Auto Workers to expose that lie with its Oct. 6 announcement that General Motors committed to put its battery manufacturing operations under the union’s national agreement.

“We’ve been told the EV future must be a race to the bottom, and now we’ve called their bluff,” UAW President Shawn Fain said.

Workers have legitimate reasons to worry that as automakers shift to EVs they will shut down internal combustion engine and transmission plants and replace them with low-wage battery factory jobs. But the agreement with GM shows that is a choice, and that tackling climate change by shifting

to a zero-emission economy does not have to mean leaving workers behind.

The federal subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act, the landmark climate law President Biden signed last year, are understandably fueling uncertainty about autoworkers’ place in an electric future. The law’s incentives have spurred a flood of new clean-energy projects, including plans for private investment of more than $80 billion in electric vehicle plants and battery factories, most of them in the emerging “battery belt,” an area stretching from Michigan to Georgia.

IT’S A HISTORIC opportunity to bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs while tackling the existential threat of climate change. But as the auto industry restructures, it must do so in a way that’s fair to workers and produces vehicles that are affordable to consumers. ...

Fortunately, Biden understands that the energy transition does not have to come at the expense of good-paying, middle-class jobs. Many of the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax incentives for clean energy projects are tied to higher labor standards. Biden has joined autoworkers on the picket line and wants more union-led training and apprenticeship programs to make sure that workers displaced by the shift are first in line for electric vehicle and battery manufacturing jobs.

“We’re going to leave nobody behind,” Biden said last month in Detroit.

Biden and other leaders have a lot of work ahead to deliver on that promise, but it’s right to demand that good-paying jobs are a nonnegotiable part of our zero-emission future.

— The Los Angeles Times

President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Oct. 19. ( JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/

Joe Biden asks the hard — and necessary — questions “What would happen if we walked away?” President Biden asked in an Oval Office address Thursday night.

At one time, such a question would be merely rhetorical, with wide agreement that the United States is, as Mr. Biden put it, the “essential nation.”

Delivered at what he appropriately called an inflection point in history, the president’s comments reflect the risk that the United States might abandon its friends, as wars rage in Ukraine and Israel.

There is broad support for both countries among the U.S. electorate. A generation of Americans who came of age around 9/11 is wary of more “forever wars,” however. Increasingly isolationist Republicans argue that U.S. resources might be better spent on this continent — 117 House Republicans voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.

And so it behooved the president to make the links between the two conflicts, as he did in Thursday’s somber address to the nation, and to convince Americans that continued support, for both Ukraine and Israel, is not just a principled stand in defense of democracies under attack — but in the United States’ self-interest.

At stake is not only the survival of democracies abroad, however imperfect, but the United States’ long-standing interest in preventing two major regions, Europe and the Middle East, from falling under the sway of hostile hegemons (Russia and Iran, respectively), with the inevitable damage to U.S. security and economic prosperity that would imply.

IF RUSSIA were to succeed in Ukraine, its next target would probably be a NATO ally, which U.S. troops are committed by treaty to defend.

The potential stakes extend to Asia, where successful aggression by Russia or Iran could embolden China to seize Taiwan.

America Firsters deny these clear dangers in the simplistic belief that the United States can shut itself off from an interdependent world.

NATO treaty obligations and Taiwan’s de facto independence, under this view, seem as dispensable as Ukrainian democracy.

In fact, a rules-based international order, under U.S. stewardship, has a proven record of promoting prosperity not just overseas but also at home.

Managing conflicts and deterring aggression prevent small wars from spiraling into catastrophes. American consumers are still recovering from the inflation caused in large part by pandemic-related disruptions of international supply chains.

A more volatile world is a scarier — and a poorer — one.

Mr. Biden encouraged Americans to think of Ukraine as a long-term investment that would pay dividends. Already, the United States, via Ukraine, has eroded Russia’s army

The president tells it straight: Continued support for both Ukraine and Israel is not just a principled stand in defense of democracies under attack, but in the United States’ self-interest.

and prestige, discouraging other nations from aligning with the Kremlin. Though Mr. Biden did not mention it, South Korea is an apt example of how a long-term American security commitment resulted in profound gains for the global economy and U.S. security — not overnight, but over the course of many years.

By contrast, with the blood and treasure the United States has poured into the Korean Peninsula, its investment in Ukraine has been cheap: $76.8 billion to Ukraine so far, including military ($46.6 billion), financial ($26.4 billion) and humanitarian ($3.9 billion) assistance. Mr. Biden seeks a new, $100 billion package that will cover Ukraine and Israel, and devote more money to border security.

These numbers sound enormous, but the total amount is a fraction of spending on safety net programs and other domestic initiatives, in a $6.27 trillion federal budget. The United States can afford to help these two friends in need and care for its own people.

MR. BIDEN’S STRAIGHT talk Thursday was welcome; more is needed regarding the big unknowns in both conflicts. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy is to prolong the Ukraine conflict, at least through next year’s U.S. presidential election, testing the patience of Europe and the United States and biding time to see whether America Firster Donald Trump makes it back to the White House.

Mr. Biden’s case for patience in Ukraine would be stronger if he sketched how the United States, NATO and the European Union will help Ukraine set up a postwar system to guarantee its security. By the same token, it’s not too early to discuss assuring stability and recovery in a post-Hamas Gaza, along with a wider regional understanding for the Middle East, including Palestinian rights.

Against Mr. Trump and the isolationist wing of the GOP — as well as a smaller group of critics in the president’s own party — Mr. Biden has better arguments to make, both morally and practically. He will have to state them forcefully again and again as this dangerous year ends and the even more momentous election year of 2024 begins.

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Iola veteran and long-time educator Don Bain was presented with a Quilt of Valor during a brief ceremony on Saturday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial wall downtown.

The Town Hall Quilters presented the special quilt to Bain as an expression of gratitude and healing, according to members Connie Schmidt, Sharon Grisier and Laura Sterling.

Bain enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in Oct. 1952 as an aviation cadet. In 1957, he began serving in the Reserves until retiring in 1980.

He received the National Defense Service medal, the Korean War

Don Bain, who served in the U.S. Air Force and Reserves from 1952 to 1980, smiles after receiving a Quilt of Valor from Town Hall Quilters on Saturday. Sharon Grisier, standing behind Bain, presented the quilt. At right, Connie Schmidt, from left, Laura Sterling and Grisier express their gratitude to Bain for service. The three women represent Town Hall Quilters of Yates Center. REGISTER/VICKIE MOSS

Service medal and a unit citation.

Bain trained as a basic fighter pilot. Once he earned his wings, a truce was signed with Korea and he was lucky

enough to get into instructors’ school. After receiving his instructor’s degree, Bain trained in single-engine airplanes (T-28s), then spent a year training in

B-52 bombers. He remained stateside while instructing pilots.

After his active duty, Bain continued his service in education. He taught math and sci-

ence for six years, then served 12 years as Iola High School principal and 14 years as USD 257 superintendent.

The Quilt of Valor program began in 2003

to honor service members and veterans who have been touched by war. Town Hall Quilters is based in Yates Center and serves veterans in multiple area counties.

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Wildcats clinch league title at home

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

Iola’s Keegan Hill leads a pack of runners at the Council Grove Class 3A Regional cross country meet Saturday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Iola runners bow out at regional meet

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

COUNCIL GROVE — The Iola High cross country team had their season come to an end at the Class 3A regional meet in Council Grove Saturday.

Iola’s boys team finished in 10th place.

Cole Moyer, a junior and the oldest of the Mustang runners, led the team with a 20th place finish in the boys 5,000-meter run after coming off a state appearance last year.

“I should have come more ready to compete. I knew it was going to be tough. It’s probably the best regional in 3A,” Moyer said. “But I want the team to keep it light now, get ready for track in the spring and stay conditioned.”

Keegan Hill placed 25th with a time of 19:05, Brennen Coffield placed 58th in 20:30, Caden Coltrane placed 70th, 21:25, Joshua Wanker, 77, 21:49 and Kaiden Vega, 78th, 22:02.

“Even for the faster people, I know this race was tough,” said Iola’s Vega. “The speed workouts, even though I hated them, were so important to being able to compete,” Vega said. “The competition was so stiff that it made me want to run faster. Keeping focused with a good mentality throughout the race was key.”

“When I started running this summer with Cole (Moyer) I couldn’t even run 2 miles without having to stop. Now I can run 3 miles straight,” said Vega. “I’ve got to give Cole credit because I wouldn’t

even be doing this if it weren’t for him.”

THE IOLA GIRLS were led

by Mahailie Genoble’s 38th

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Cubs XC season end at regionals Iola’s Lynsie Fehr runs the first leg of the 5,000-meter race in Council Grove Saturday. REGISTER/QUINN BURKITT

Crest wins second straight regional

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

WICHITA — The Crest High girls cross country team came in first place finish at Saturday’s Class 1A regional meet at Wichita-Trinity Academy. Marmaton Valley and Yates Center also competed.

It was the second year in a row for the Lady Lancers to secure the regional championship. Four Lancers, three girls and one boy, qualified to compete at the Oct. 29 state meet in Wamego.

“Setting higher expectations can be a good thing or a bad thing,” Crest head coach Kaitlyn Cummings said in aiming for a repeat performance. “Accomplishing this is a big deal because it doesn’t seem to happen a lot. It can happen but not overnight.”

“We peaked at the right time. These sophomore girls

place finish in 23:53 while Lynsie Fehr placed 43rd with a finish of 24:15.

Humboldt football goes 7-1

By QUINN BURKITT The Iola Register

finish. Walter’s time for the 5,000-meter race was 20 minutes, 25 seconds.

Also finishing in the top 10 were Peyton Schmidt, fifth

POMONA — The Humboldt Cubs put an exclamation mark on the end of their season with a 50-8 victory against West Franklin Friday night.

The Cubs (7-1) were led

by Mason Sterling’s three touchdown runs and Blake Ellis’s two touchdown passes. The Cubs also forced two turnovers, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble in the win.

“We started the night out playing pretty well, but let our opponents stick around and make things interesting for a while,” Humboldt head coach Logan Wyrick said. “We need

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Crest’s girls team placed first as a team. From left to right is Aubrey Allen, Josie Walter, Peyton Schmidt and Kaylee Allen.

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have been running with each other for four years now,” said Cummings.

Crest

Josie Walter led the pack for Crest with a third place

MORAN — After an 11year drought, the Marmaton Valley High football team are league champs.

The Wildcats hosted St. Paul, sending the Indians home after the third quarter.

The Wildcats (6-2) used a powerful defensive effort as well as a balanced offensive attack both on the ground and through the air. In all, the Wildcats scored 11 touchdowns in the 7628 blowout.

Head coach Max Mickunas’ squad came out after halftime and scored three touchdowns while holding St. Paul scoreless through the third quarter to earn the mercy-rule victory.

“We were 1-7 the year before I got here and now that we’re league champs. It’s pretty amazing,” said Mickunas.

“These guys believed in what I was saying since day one. They built the culture themselves.

I love coaching these guys.”

The momentum immediately pointed in Marmaton Valley’s fa-

WICHITA — The Humboldt High cross country team’s season came to an end at Saturday’s Class 3A regional meet.

The Humboldt girls team earned a fifth place finish with an average time of 25:27 while the boy Cubs got 10th place with an average time of 22:30. Anna Heisler took home the top spot of all the Cubs in the girls 5,000-meter run with a 24th place finish in 24 minutes flat.

“You can measure success in many ways.

One of those ways is how much you can improve,” Humboldt head coach Eric Carlson said.

“Nearly every runner set a personal-record this year and with 17 kids on the team that is a huge accomplishment.”

The Lady Cubs were led in the 5,000-meter run by Heisler’s 24th place finish, followed

by McKenna Jones 25th place finish in 24:00.

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Chargers’ aerial attack too much for Iola

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola had a double whammy of bad news Friday.

First, the Mustangs had no answer for Santa Fe Trail’s passing attack in a 44-34 loss to wrap up the regular season.

More importantly, Burlington’s 41-27 win over Girard and Prairie View’s 48-13 victory over Anderson County meant that despite tying for first place in their Class 3A district bracket, Iola will be relegated to the third seed in the upcoming playoffs.

Point differential in district games gives the championship to Prairie View. And because Burlington edged Iola, 46-42, in Week 5, the Wildcats got the runner-up slot.

And that means a road playoff game next week, most likely against Parsons.

So while head coach David Daugharthy’s sights already are set on the playoffs, he noted Iola has a few items that need fixing if the Mustangs want to stick around for a while in the postseason.

“We got exposed pretty badly,” Daugharthy said. “They threw the ball well and made us look bad in the secondary. When you can’t put pressure on the quarterback and you can’t cover, it’s not a good combination.”

Unofficially, Santa Fe Trail’s Luke Edwards racked up 383 passing yards, and touchdowns covering 17, 69, 73 and 52 yards.

Iola wasn’t exactly a slouch when it had the ball, moving the ball most the evening against the Charger defense.

But a few misfires allowed Santa Fe Trail to

take control late in the first half.

Edwards connected twice with Trent Sleichter on passes covering 69 and 73 yards as the Chargers forged a 30-14 lead at halftime.

Iola’s Landon Weide opened the third quarter with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Cortland Carson, and a Korbin Cloud interception gave the Mustangs a badly needed stop on defense.

But as the Mustangs were marching to midfield, a deflected pass was picked off by the Chargers’ Julion Daniels to stifle any sort of comeback attempt..

Santa Fe Trail effectively put the game away with its ensuing drive, holding the ball until the mid-point of the fourth quarter and cashing on a Colten Warthen 3-yard run to pull ahead 38-20.

Weide and Ben Kerr both scored touchdowns down the stretch for Iola, but the Mustangs were unable to recover either subsequent onside kick attempts.

Both teams started quickly.

After spotting the Chargers an early 6-0 lead, Iola’s Landon Weide put the Mustangs on the board with a 4-yard touchdown run. The extra point pushed the Mustangs ahead 7-6.

Santa Fe Trail marched 65 yards on 13 plays, including a crucial fourth-down conversion at the end of the first quarter. Edwards’ 1-yard plunge put the Chargers back on top, 14-7.

Iola never led again.

The Mustangs turned the ball over on downs on their next possession, which led to the Edwards-Sleichter bombs before halftime.

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FREDONIA — The 2023 volleyball season came crashing down in similar fashion for Iola High’s and Humboldt High’s squads Saturday.

Both seemed to have the momentum squarely on their side in their respective matches, only to see cold starts in their third-set tiebreakers spell doom.

Iola’s season ended in the Class 3A Substate Quarterfinals, falling to Prairie View, 25-18, 10-25 and 25-13.

“We just couldn’t adjust to their serves,” Iola head coach Amanda Holman said.

The third set was decided almost as soon as it began. Holman burned through both of her timeouts during Prairie View’s 10-0 run to open the set.

Iola never closed to within nine points from there.

“We reverted back to some of the mistakes we’d made before we had our great run from the middle to the end of the sea-

Iola High’s Easton Weseloh (25) chases down Santa Fe Trail’s Kyle Strother (16) Friday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN Statistics (unofficial) rushed for 116 yards 4 yd run (Damian Rushing and a touchdown, Wacker kick) Second Quarter SFT — Luke Edwards while Weide completed SFT — Edwards 4 yd 7-12, Bryson Crotinger, 18 of 28 passes for 186 yards and two scores. run (Luke Greenfield 24, Trent Sleichter 1-(3), Colten Warthen 15He also rushed for 46 run) SFT — Trent Sleich- 54, Team 3-(-4) yards with two more Iola — Landon Weide touchdowns.

Cloud ter 69 yd pass from Edhad eight receptions wards (Colten Warthen 14-46, Gage Skahan 1-12, Ben Kerr 20-116, for 85 yards. Carson run) Iola — Korbin Cloud Tre Wilson 4-8, Korbin pulled in four recep7 yd pass from Weide Cloud 1-5 tions for 54 yards.

Passing Edwards completed (Wacker kick) SFT — Sleichter 73 SFT — Luke Edwards 16 of 20 passes for 383 yards. Sleichter racked yd pass from Edwards 16-20-383 Iola — Landon Weide up 157 yards on three (Sleichter run) Third Quarter 18-28-186 catches. Blake Slavin Iola — Cortland CarReceiving had 112 yards on five SFT — Trevon Brooks, catches. Cody Slavin’s son 5 yd pass from 2-19, Blake Slavin 5-122, four catches covered 54 Weide (pass failed) Fourth Quarter Cody Slavin 4-54, Kyle yards.

SFT — Warthen 3 yd Strother 2-31, Trent SleWhile playoff pairichter, 3-157 ings have yet to be an- run (Warthen run ) Iola — Ben Kerr 5 yd Iola — Gage Skahnounced, Iola is likely an 2-7, Ben Kerr 1-8, headed to Parsons next run (Wacker kick) SFT — Blake Slavin 52 Cortland Carson 4-54, Friday to open the Class yd pass from Edwards Jordan Kaufman 1-15, 2A playoffs.

Iola dropped a 21-12 (2-pt conversion good) Korbin Cloud 8-85, See VOLLEYBALL | Iola — Weide 8 yd Drayden Reiter 3-17 to Parsons in Week 3.

Page B6 Daugharthy, while run (Wacker kick) pleased with Iola’s offensive performance, knows there’s room for improvement. “We’ve got some things we’ve gotta tweak, and we’ve got ot figure some It’s that time of year things out against the again! passing game.”

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to learn to continue to play to our potential the entire contest.”

Sterling rushed for 82 yards while Ellis ran for 192 yards.

Ellis had two touchdown passes, both to Sam Hull, while throwing for 171 yards and completed eight-of-13 passes. Hull had 142 receiving yards, his lon-

gest reception going for 74 yards.

The Cubs led West Franklin 28-8 at halftime.

“At this point in the season it’s important to see the players step into some bigger roles with injuries occurring,” said Wyrick. “It helps them grow as athletes.”

Kyler Isbell led Humboldt defensively with

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Hull also had a teamhigh two sacks while Harrington had an interception and Brody Gunderman scooped up the fumble recovery.

Humboldt hosts Cherryvale for the opening round playoffs on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Crest takes second; MV competes at substate MORAN — Crest and Marmaton Valley saw their seasons end Saturday at the Class 1A substate volleyball tournament.

Crest took second place in the tournament after falling to Olpe in the championship round.

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place, 22:19; and Aubrey Allen, eighth place, 22:41.

Kaylee Allen placed 21st with a time of 24:16.

In the boys 5,000-meter run, Gunner Ellington snatched a sixth place finish with a time of 19:08.

“Gunner’s been a real big asset to our team,” said Cummings.

“Being able to see his

(28-8) defeated Marmaton Valley in two sets, 25-16 and 25-22, in the opening round.

Crest mounted a strong comeback against Olpe in the championship match after losing the first set 14-25. The Lady Lancers won the second set 25-20.

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progression this season has been great because he’s a dual-sport athlete. He’s brought a lot of positivity to the team along with the other junior boys.”

Ellington is also on the Lancers football team. They face Canton-Galva in Canton on Friday evening.

Elijah Taylor followed in 20th place, Crest’s Gunner Ellington holds his sixth place med20:31, while Ryan West al in Wichita. COURTESY PHOTO came in 47th, 23:29. in 55th with a finish of 25:59.

Marmaton Valley Sophia Heim finished top of Marma- Yates Center ton Valley’s runners.

Yates Center had one Heim took 27th with boy and one girl runner a finish of 25:32. in each race.

Brendon Newman Jaylynn Birk placed was the lone run- 31st in the girls ner for the Wildcat 5,000-meter run with a boys. Newman came finish of 26:05.

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when they forced a fumble around midfield on the first drive of the game. From there, Brayden Lawson was able to find Tyler Lord open for a 22-yard touchdown pass and the 8-0 lead.

“We pride ourselves on forcing turnovers so whenever we can do that, we think it gives us a good chance to win the game,” Mickunas said. “If we give our offense the ball back, with how explosive our offense is, if other teams turn the ball over, we can put them in a hole quickly.”

St. Paul responded with a three-yard rushing touchdown from Riley Vitt but the two-point conversion attempt failed so the Wildcats still led, 8-7.

Lawson made it happen with his feet a couple of times in the opening half, first when he churned for a 39-yard touchdown run for the 16-6 lead. Then Lawson struck again from 40 yards away for the 22-14 advantage near the end of the first quarter.

“This win means a lot. It’s been a goal of ours for three years now and to get it how we did is special,” said Lawson. “I credit the blocks in front of me.

Anybody can run when the line is blocking that well and it makes my job really easy. We’ve got five guys who can make a play on the ball so it makes it easy to spread the ball around.”

Drayden Ellis brought in Marmaton Valley’s second passing touchdown when he caught a ball from Lawson for a 55-yard score and the 28-14 edge.

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Brevyn Campbell was then called on for the Wildcats when he caught a 35-yard touchdown pass to give Marmaton Valley a 36-20 lead.

Ellis hauled in his second touchdown reception on a 65-yard throw from Lawson, bringing their lead to 44-20 shortly before the half.

“I want the guys to know that I love them and they’re like little brothers to me,” Marmaton Valley’s Daniel Fewins said. “We’re a family and I’m glad we were able to come out here and give it our all.”

St. Paul had more life though, as a 58yard touchdown connection made it a 4428 ballgame not long after.

Jaedon Granere returned the ensuing kickoff to the end zone on the very next play to put the Wildcats

ahead, 50-28.

Just minutes later, Granere caught a 47yard touchdown pass to make it 56-28.

Ellis scored his third and final touchdown on a 43-yard run, giving Marmaton Valley a 62-28 lead with five minutes left in the third quarter.

“When we execute at a high level, we’re hard to beat,” Mickunas said. “We spread the ball around well tonight. If we prepare for each opponent and have the right mindset, I don’t care what team we’re playing, they’re going to have a hard time stopping us.”

After a fumble recovery for the Wildcats, Marmaton Valley’s Cooper Scharff caught a 15-yard touchdown pass, followed by a two-point conversion for the 70-28 crushing lead.

Tyler Lord ended the game when he caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Lawson for the 76-28 mercy-rule victory.

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ish in 27:12 while Sophia Barlow got 49th in 27:16.

Danica Modlin came in 50th place in 27:43 while Jo Ellison took home 53rd place in 29:44.

“Both squads did a good job trying to run with each other,” Carlson said. “The boys were able to motivate each other in practice and at meets. Their ability to keep eyes on each other and know if one was pulling away the other could do the same thing was huge for our ability to keep getting better.”

In the boys 5,000-meter run, Colden Cook finished 38th with a time of 21:36. Brigg Shannon followed in

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with a time of 23:25 and Nathan Swogar came in 60th place with a finish of 23:28.

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couldn’t hold on and the Lady Lancers fell in the third set 12-25.

“We made some adjustments and took the floor for the second set,” Crest head coach Abigail Hermreck said. “We got down in the beginning, but found a way to get our offense going and put together several points in a row to push for the win. It was really exciting and the gym was so loud. Our crowd was amazing.”

“It was disappointing to finish second, but the girls never gave up,”

Hermreck said. “They left everything on the court and ended a very successful season with a record of 28-8. I am beyond proud of the girls for their hard work and dedication, but above all, their character and how they represented Crest.”

Kayla Hermreck led the way with 28 kills, 13 assists and 11 digs. She went 15-for-16 from the serving line with one ace.

Brooklyn Jones had 15 digs and served 13-of16 from the serving line with two aces. Karlee Boots had 11 kills, 23 digs

and went eight-of-eight from the serving line with two aces. Cursten Allen had three digs and led the team with an 86% serve receive rate. Kinley Edgerton had seven kills, 26 assists and 19 digs with four aces. Aylee Beckmon had one kill, one assist and 21 digs with one block. Kaelin Nilges went for two kills, nine digs and went 16of-17 from the serving line with one ace.

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The Wildcats began their day by defeating Oswego in three sets, 25-

16, 8-25 and 25-18.

Janae Granere scored a team-high seven points in the first set and Kylah Sander had a team-high three points in the second set. Piper Barney scored a teamhigh eight points in the third set.

Marmaton Valley then lost to Crest in two sets, 25-16 and 25-22.

Marie Forero and Brooklynn Adams each scored a team-high three points in the first set.

Granere had a teamhigh seven points in the second set.

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She implored her players to use the stinging disappointment as fuel for next season.

“I’m glad they’re not OK” with the outcome, Holman said. “You don’t want to feel like this again.”

Iola struggled in the first set as well, in part because of the raucous atmosphere inside the Fredonia High School gymnasium.

“I think the noise got to them,” Holman said, as the Buffalos seized control midway through the set to win by seven.

But the tone changed dramatically in the second set. Iola raced out of the gates to force a timeout with a 6-1 lead, primarily by controlling the net.

“We served aggressively, and the girls did a great job with their blocking,” Holman said.

Iola continued its torrid play after the timeout. A pair of Reese Curry kills put the Mustangs ahead 14-3.

But the momentum stalled in the third set, and with it, Iola’s season came to a disappointing conclusion at 22-13.

Curry led the Mustangs at the net with nine kills while Alana Mader had seven kills and five blocks. Jackie Fager added six kills.

Kaysin Crusinbery chipped in with four blocks. Curry, Fager and Lily Lohman had three blocks each.

Maria Jelinek served up four aces, Elza Clift and Curry added 21 and 15 digs, while Mader had 13. Crusinbery also notched 22 assists.

Iola bids adieu to Fager, the lone varsity senior.

“We’re gonna miss her as a teammate and a leader,” Holman said.

“She did a great job from the outside.”

HUMBOLDT, meanwhile, fended off a pesky Burlington High squad, 25-27, 25-14 and 25-17, in its opener, and seized the upper hand early against Anderson County in the semifinal round, 2624.

But the magic ended there as Anderson County took control in sets 2 and 3, winning 25-12 and 25-13.

The loss ended Humboldt’s campaign at 31-9.

“We used a lot of energy to stay with them in the first set,” Humboldt head coach Terrry Meadows said.

“We went lax a little bit. Anderson County

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Leading 7-5 in the tiebreaker, Anderson county began dominating at the net, with a flurry of blocks and kills as part of an 8-1 run to take control.

“Their height caused us problems,” Meadows said. “Our passes suffered a little and we were not able to put the ball away against them.”

Shelby Shaughnessy led Humboldt on the day with 26 kills, 20 digs and a pair of aces. Ricklyn Hillmon notched 14 kills and six blocks.

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“This team has played great all year and I am very proud of them and everything they accomplished,” Meadows said.

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