The Valley Falls Dragons were the 44-34 winner over the Atchison County Tigers when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. Valley Falls took a 41-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of Atchison County on Friday. Valley Falls has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Valley Falls lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Korie Kirkwood, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. Lauren Brown was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Atchison County found their leader in underclassman Madison Martin, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Martin has scored at least a third of Atchison County's points. Another player making a difference was Kinzee Bauerle, who scored six points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Valley Falls' loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Atchison County, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.
Valley Falls will look to defend their home court on Monday against Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Valley Falls focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Friday. As for Atchison County, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against McLouth at 6:00 p.m. McLouth comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 23 points in their last 13 games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.
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