The Brush Beetdiggers and the Platte Valley Broncos squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Brush Beetdiggers had to settle for second. They lost to the Broncos on the road by a decisive 66-49 margin. Brush has not had much luck with Platte Valley recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Several Beetdiggers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Grant Becker, who scored 16 points. Payson Poland was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Platte Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Braylon Edstrom led the charge by scoring 25 points along with six assists and five rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Edstrom has scored at least a third of Platte Valley's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Regan Edstrom, who scored 16 points along with seven assists and four steals.
Brush's defeat dropped their record down to 5-17. As for Platte Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season.
Brush does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Platte Valley, they will square off against Manual at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Platte Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Friday.
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