Basketball Recap: East Butler Beats High Plains for Their Seventh Straight Win

Tigers

Previous Games

12/28/24 vs High Plains	57-50
12/27/24 vs Cedar Bluffs	70-14
12/21/24 @ Sterling	65-39
12/20/24 vs Hampton	71-26
12/14/24 @ Osceola	59-56
+ 2 more games

East Butler put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 57-50 victory over the High Plains Storm. For the Tigers, this counts as revenge for the 55-36 win the Storm walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2024.

High Plains lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Maddix Fuhrman, who went 6 for 10 on his way to 12 points and five rebounds. Ayden Hans was another key player, putting up nine points.

East Butler's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37 points. As for High Plains, they moved to 5-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

East Butler didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-30 win against Twin River on the 4th. As for High Plains, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 54-51 victory against Shelby-Rising City on the 3rd.