Smoky Valley lost against Southeast of Saline two weeks ago and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Smoky Valley Vikings received a blow as they fell 48-32 to the Southeast of Saline Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Trojans are ranked 134th).
Despite the loss, Smoky Valley still got an impressive performance from Ty Heitschmidt, who went 6 for 9 on his way to 16 points and seven boards. That was a full 50% of Smoky Valley's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Brock Gengler was another key player, putting up nine points.
It was another big night for Gannon Jacobson, who went 10 of 18 en route to 22 points along with six rebounds and five steals for Southeast of Saline. Jacobson has been hot, having posted 18 or more points the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tiernan Ptacek, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 16 points.
Smoky Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Southeast of Saline, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-7.
Smoky Valley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 52-30 defeat against Trinity on the 28th. Southeast of Saline has also already played their next matchup, a 68-50 win against Republic County on the 28th.
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