The Pike Valley Panthers lost against the St. John's/Tipton Catholic Blujays back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Pike Valley took a hard 67-52 fall against St. John's/Tipton Catholic. While losing is never fun, Pike Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while St. John's/Tipton Catholic is ranked 91st).
Pike Valley's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Breanna Reeves, who scored 25 points along with four steals, and Reese Douglas who scored 14 points along with five assists. That was a full 48.1% of Pike Valley's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Erica Lieb, who scored six points.
Pike Valley has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-9 record this season. As for St. John's/Tipton Catholic, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-2.
Pike Valley will be playing at home against Thunder Ridge at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Pike Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday. As for St. John's/Tipton Catholic, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 42-41 defeat vs. Sylvan-Lucas on the 16th.
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