Basketball Recap: Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Skates Past Peabody-Burns with Ease

Heat

Margin (Wins)

01/14/25 vs Centre	54
01/24/25 vs Peabody-Burns	48
02/04/25 @ Peabody-Burns	45
12/17/24 @ Herington	34
01/21/25 vs Wakefield	30
12/13/24 vs Centre	29

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Rural Vista [Hope/White City]'s strategy against Peabody-Burns on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Rural Vista [Hope/White City] Heat blew the Peabody-Burns Warriors out of the water with a 71-26 final score. The Heat have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 29 points or more this season.

Koden Sanford was nothing short of spectacular: he went 7 of 9 en route to 17 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Landon Parker was another key player, going 6 for 7 on his way to 14 points.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Peabody-Burns' loss came despite strong showings from Jameson Miles and Aiden Hurst. Miles posted 15 points and six rebounds, while Hurst put up ten points. Miles' evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Rural Vista [Hope/White City] is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.4 points per game. As for Peabody-Burns, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-11.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Rural Vista [Hope/White City] will venture away from home to challenge Solomon at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rural Vista [Hope/White City] is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.8 points per game this season. Peabody-Burns has already played their next game (against Canton-Galva), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.