Smoky Valley and Nemaha Central squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Smoky Valley had to settle for second. They were dealt a 62-32 loss at the hands of the Nemaha Central Thunder. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Thunder are ranked 31st).
Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ty Heitschmidt, who shot 46% from the field to rack up 14 points and six boards. That was a full 43.8% of Smoky Valley's points, marking the third time in a row Heitschmidt has posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Braylon Olson, who earned seven points.
Smoky Valley's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Nemaha Central, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-2.
Smoky Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Nemaha Central, they will welcome Council Grove at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Council Grove is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.2 points per game this season.
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