The Iola Mustangs and Marmaton Valley Wildcats Special Olympics basketball teams went head-to-head Wednesday afternoon as part of a program that began in response to last year’s heavy snow. Instead of the Iola High School or Marmaton Valley High School students receiving spotlight introduction, it was area Special Olympians. Iola Special Olympian Gabe Jones takes the ball down court while Marmaton Valley Olympian Zoey Kile follows alongside Wednesday. Not wanting their preparations go to waste, Marmaton Valley hosted Iola in the first-ever Special Olympics showdown. Instead of an event center buzzing with tournament games, Iola and Marmaton Valley organizers wanted to give their athletes a game-like experience.