Basketball Recap: Yelm Comes Up Short

Yelm was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were beaten by the Puyallup Vikings 61-14. The Tornados were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Vikings apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in December of 2019.

Yelm's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Puyallup, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-6.

Yelm will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Curtis at 7:00 p.m. on January 3, 2025. Yelm is facing Curtis at the right time seeing as Curtis is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Puyallup, they will finish 2024 at home by hosting Enumclaw at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.