Basketball Recap: Caney Valley Beats Erie for Their Eighth Straight Victory

Bullpups

Previous Games

02/21/25 vs Erie	79-60
02/14/25 vs Commerce	84-44
02/13/25 vs Fredonia	77-63
02/11/25 @ Cherryvale	97-32
02/07/25 vs Humboldt	64-55
+ 3 more games

Caney Valley entered their tilt with Erie on Friday with seven consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with eight. They strolled past the Erie Red Devils with points to spare, taking the game 79-60. Given the Bullpups' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Red Devils are ranked 250th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

When it comes to explaining why Erie lost, don't look at Reid Duff. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 39 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 65% of Erie's points, marking the sixth time in a row Duff has posted more than a third of the team's points. Nick Haviland was another key player, en route to 15 points.

Caney Valley's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.0 points over those games. As for Erie, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-10.

Caney Valley has already played their next contest (against Fredonia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Erie, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 55-39 win against Eureka on the 24th.