Basketball Recap: Altoona-Midway's Run of Four Straight Victories Now Over

After flying high against Burrton last Tuesday, Altoona-Midway came back down to earth. The Altoona-Midway Jets fell 66-59 to the South Haven Cardinals on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (58), the Jets still had to take the loss.

William Stackhouse

Steals

03/03/25 @ South Haven	2
02/25/25 vs Burrton	7
02/21/25 vs Chetopa	6
02/14/25 vs Liberty HomeSchool Alliance	5
02/13/25 vs Southern Coffey County	10
+ 38 more games

When it comes to explaining why Altoona-Midway lost, don't look at William Stackhouse. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double with 25 points and ten rebounds. Stackhouse has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 43 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Kage Beck, who almost dropped a double-double with 11 points and nine boards.

Even though they lost, Altoona-Midway was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. This was only their fourth loss (out of 16 games) when they've passed the ball that well.

With the loss, Altoona-Midway broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-10. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 26 points. As for South Haven, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a massive bump to their 14-7 record this season.

As of now, neither Altoona-Midway nor South Haven have any future games scheduled.