Recap: Chesterton Trojans vs. Kankakee Valley Kougars
The Chesterton Trojans lost against the Kankakee Valley Kougars back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Chesterton fell 57-49 to Kankakee Valley. Chesterton has not had much luck with Kankakee Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Chesterton lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kenedi Bradley, who scored 18 points along with three steals. Bradley hasn't dropped below two steals for 11 straight games. Another player making a difference was Isabelle Connors, who scored eight points along with four steals.
It was another big night for Olivia Plummer, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals for Kankakee Valley. That makes it three consecutive games in which Plummer has scored at least 25% of Kankakee Valley's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooke Swart, who scored nine points along with five assists.
Chesterton's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for Kankakee Valley, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4.
Chesterton will challenge Lake Station Edison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Lake Station Edison's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five matches. Kankakee Valley and Mishawaka Marian will round out the year against one another at 3:15 p.m. on December 28th at. Mishawaka Marian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while Kankakee Valley is ranked 77th).
