Basketball Recap: Yellow Medicine East Comes Up Short

On Friday, the Yellow Medicine East Sting were within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 54-49 to the Cedar Mountain Cougars. The Sting have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Yellow Medicine East's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Cedar Mountain, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.

Yellow Medicine East won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Adrian/Ellsworth at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. As for Cedar Mountain, they will also get right back to it: they'll square off against Ortonville at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Cedar Mountain is facing Ortonville at the right time seeing as Ortonville is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.