Elkhorn Valley easily dispatched Hartington-Newcastle last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Elkhorn Valley Falcons fell just short of the West Holt Huskies by a score of 59-56 on Friday. The Falcons were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Huskies earlier this season, when they won 56-46.
Kellyn Ollendick
| 02/07/25 vs West Holt | 10 |
| 02/04/25 vs Hartington-Newcastle | 13 |
| 01/28/25 vs Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] | 9 |
| 01/25/25 @ Boyd County | 9 |
| 01/24/25 vs Creighton | 18 |
Despite the loss, Elkhorn Valley still got an impressive performance from Kellyn Ollendick, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. Ollendick has been hot, having posted nine or more boards the last five times he's played. Korbin Werner was another key player, putting up 15 points and five rebounds.
West Holt's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zach Hooey, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 boards. With that strong performance, Hooey is now averaging an impressive 8.2 rebounds per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Nemetz, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 boards.
Elkhorn Valley's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for West Holt, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Coming up, Elkhorn Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Cedar Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Elkhorn Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.1 points per game this season. As for West Holt, they and Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] comes in on five and West Holt on six.
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