The Council Grove Braves won the last time they faced the Mission Valley Vikings, and things went their way on Wednesday too. Council Grove walked away with a 46-38 victory over Mission Valley. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Council Grove.
Leading Council Grove to victory were Kolby Rose and Brycen Palmquist. Rose scored nine points along with four steals, while Palmquist scored 20 points along with nine rebounds and two steals. Palmquist continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Buchman, who scored three points along with ten rebounds and two steals.
Council Grove is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-5 record this season. As for Mission Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Council Grove will head out on the road to square off against Halstead at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Mission Valley will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Madison on January 30th.
