Boys finish sixth in SPVA

By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
    The SPVA Basketball Tournament was held Jan. 20-24. The Longhorn boys finished in sixth place.
    In the first round, the Longhorns faced Valentine on Tuesday, Jan. 20. It was a close game, but the Badgers of Valentine took the win 54-67, dropping the Longhorns into the consolation bracket.
Chase Co. 54
    2 PT.    3 PT.    FT/
    FG    FG    FTA    F    TP
L. Fries    2    1    0-0    4    7
Z. Anderson    7    1    0-0    1    17
L. McDaniel    0    0    0-0    0    0
B. Chavira    1    0    1-1    3    3
N Rau    1    0    5-6    4    7
A. Cervantes    4    0    1-2    4    9
J. Bomba    2    1    4-4    0    11
Totals    17        311-13      16    54
                    Valentine 67
B. Jespersen 3, T. Beebout 7, D. Beebout 5, C. Stankoski 4, I. Cronin 42, D. Mosner 4, A. Buckendahl 2.
Valentine totals: 2 pt. FG—18; 3 pt. FG—6; FT/FTA—13-19; Fouls—11; TP—67.
Points by quarters:
Chase Co.    10    16    17    11—54
Valentine    17    15    14    21—67
    On Thursday, the Longhorns played the Perkins County Plainsmen. It was all Longhorns in this game, pulling out to a nine point lead in the first quarter and never looking back. The Horns won the game, 51-29, setting them up for a game against North Platte St. Pats for fifth and sixth place on Saturday.
    The boys fell behind by five in the first quarter against the Irish and couldn’t ever get caught back up, losing the contest, 37-40 and finishing the tournament in sixth place.