It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Prairie Central Hawks can now relate to. They took a hard 43-29 fall against the Spartans on Monday. While losing is never fun, Prairie Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 560th, while St. Joseph-Ogden is ranked 205th).
Several Hawks players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kelly Wilkey, who scored eight points along with nine rebounds and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucy Whitfill, who scored four points along with eight rebounds and five steals.
Prairie Central's loss dropped their record down to 4-27. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season.
Prairie Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. St. Joseph-Ogden also has no future games currently scheduled.
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