Basketball Recap: Miami-Yoder Comes Up Short

Miami-Yoder lost against Thomas MacLaren School back in January of 2020, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Miami-Yoder Buffaloes fell 59-51 to the Thomas MacLaren School Highlanders. The Buffaloes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Jel Wallerstedt

Points

02/18/25 @ Thomas MacLaren School	26
02/17/25 vs Fountain Valley	28
02/15/25 vs Hi-Plains	19

Despite the loss, Miami-Yoder still got an impressive performance from Jel Wallerstedt, who almost dropped a double-double with 26 points and nine rebounds. Wallerstedt's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 19 points. Another player making a difference was Gavin Howard, who posted 14 points along with six boards and five assists.

It was another big night for Jake Frisbie, who dropped a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds for Thomas MacLaren School. The dominant performance gave Frisbie a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Angelo Tiggett, who put up 11 points and four steals.

Miami-Yoder's defeat dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Thomas MacLaren School, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.

Miami-Yoder wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 61-36 win against Genoa-Hugo/Karval on the 19th. As for Thomas MacLaren School, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Crowley County at 5:30 p.m. Crowley County will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Thomas MacLaren School surely won't give up without a fight.