The Valley Falls Dragons were not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell 52-43 to Jefferson County North. While losing is never fun, Valley Falls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while Jefferson County North is ranked 124th).
Defeat or not, Valley Falls got some senior leadership from Korie Kirkwood and Katelynn Yates. Kirkwood scored 12 points along with five rebounds and four steals, while Yates. scored 11 points along with three steals.
Valley Falls' defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Jefferson County North, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Valley Falls will be playing in front of their home fans against Pleasant Ridge at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pleasant Ridge is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 50.1 points per game this season. As for Jefferson County North, they will head out on the road to take on Atchison County at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Atchison County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Monday.
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