The Western Plains Bobcats will challenge the Northern Valley Huskies at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Western Plains' favor as the team sits on six straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Northern Valley has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road.
Western Plains' tournament run continued when they took on Golden Plains on Tuesday. Western Plains took a 53-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Golden Plains.
Meanwhile, in Tuesday's Canine Competition, Northern Valley had to take the L. They were beaten by Weskan 81-37 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 313th, while the Coyotes are ranked 118th).
Western Plains will need focus on slowing down Gavin Thalheim, one of several Northern Valley players who made an impact when they last played. He posted 14 points along with seven boards and three steals. Thalheim has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Griffin McKinney, who had four points and seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Northern Valley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.
Western Plains' loss dropped their record down to 7-3-1. As for Northern Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
Western Plains beat Northern Valley 48-38 when the teams last played on Friday. Will Western Plains repeat their success, or does Northern Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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