The remarkable success on the baseball diamond translated to another armload of postseason accolades for Iola High and Crest High. Three from Iola and four from Crest earned first-team all-state honors from Sports In Kansas, a statewide news service covering high school athletics.
Iola went 16-5 on the season, winning the Class 4A regionals to advance to the state tournament since the 2018 squad won the 4A-II state title, which led to first-team honors for a familiar trio, Jarrett Herrmann, Brandon McKarnin and Ryker Curry.
Herrmann and McKarnin both hit a whopping .544, breaking Calvin Delich’s 2019 mark of .533.
