Missouri High School Basketball - Lakeland edged by Hermitage
December 21, 2010: Hermitage, MO 65668 The Lakeland Vikings basketball team (Deepwater, MO), was nudged 56-52 in Tuesday's non-league battle with the host Hermitage Hornets (Hermitage, MO)
The Hornets now possess a 4-3 record. They play next when they travel to Weaubleau for a Polk County battle on Thursday, December 30. Hermitage will battle a Tigers team coming off a 72-51 non-league loss to Climax Springs (Climax Springs, MO). The Tigers record now stands at 0-3.
The Vikings (5-3) will now prepare for their battle against Midway (Cleveland, MO). The Vikings come into the non-league battle with a 1-3 record.
Fourth Quarter
The Lakeland Boys played hard but couldn't pull the game out. It was closed game all the way. We got a 3 point lead late in the game but we could not keep it because of poor REBOUNDING. We play our next game against Windsor on January 4th.