After flying high against the Bloomfield Cardinals  last Saturday, the Barr-Reeve Vikings came back down to earth. Barr-Reeve took a   34-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of Loogootee. Barr-Reeve was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Loogootee apparently hadn't forgotten their  defeat the last time these teams played  back in December of 2022.
  Hannah Bledsoe and  Elle Knepp certainly did their best on Thursday to try and avoid the loss.  Bledsoe  scored three points along with eight  rebounds, while  Knepp  scored six points along with three  steals. Those three  steals set a new season-high mark for her.
 Barr-Reeve now  has a losing record at 5-6. As for Loogootee,  the  victory  makes it two in a row for them and  bumps their season record up to 4-5.
 Barr-Reeve will be home for the holidays to greet  Paoli at 2:30  p.m.  on Saturday. Paoli is hoping to put an end to  a four-game streak of away losses. As for Loogootee, they will head out on the road to face off against Springs Valley at 6:00  p.m.  on Saturday. Springs Valley is coming into the  game hot, having won their last four games.