The West Elk Patriots lost to the Cedar Vale/Dexter Spartans back in January, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Friday. West Elk managed a 44-39 victory over Cedar Vale/Dexter. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Elk.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead West Elk to victory, but perhaps none more so than Martin Shipley, who scored 15 points along with two blocks. It was the first time this season that Shipley posted two or more blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddex Moreno, who scored ten points along with three steals.
West Elk is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Cedar Vale/Dexter, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Elk will face off against Central at 7:31 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully West Elk focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday. As for Cedar Vale/Dexter, they will head out on the road to square off against Bluestem at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
