Basketball Recap: Chase County Piles Up the Points Against Southern Valley

Longhorns

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Southern Valley	73
01/07/25 vs Dundy County-Stratton	70
12/19/24 @ Wray	64
01/11/25 vs Kimball	60
12/28/24 vs Lexington	58

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chase County). They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 73-26 victory over the Southern Valley Eagles. With the Longhorns ahead 53-10 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

Chase County was led to victory by James Bomba and Noah Rau. Bomba went 5 for 8 on his way to 14 points, while Rau made all 5 shots he took for 11 points and five boards. Another player making a difference was Tristan Jablonski, who posted five points and seven assists.

Chase County is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.6 points per game. As for Southern Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.

Chase County didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 58-54 win against Perkins County on the 16th. As for Southern Valley, they will venture away from home to face off against Holdrege at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Holdrege's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matches.