Southern Valley and Hi-Line Split Matchups Thursday Night

On Thursday, December 11th, Hi-Line hosted Southern Valley in Elwood for some basketball action. The teams split the matchups as Southern Valley won the girls game and Hi-Line took the boys game.

In the girls matchup, Southern Valley won by a final score of 39-15. In the first quarter, neither team could get much going on offense, but Southern Valley led 8-3. In the second period, the Eagles got things rolling, scoring 17 points and holding the Bulls to five.

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Southern Valley led at halftime, 25-8. In the third quarter, Southern Valley increased its lead to 31-13 heading into the final period.

In the fourth quarter, Southern Valley closed out the game by outscoring Hi-Line 8-2 to secure the win.

We chatted with Tori Bose of Southern Valley after the game about the win.

Whitney Wall scored four points for Hi-Line, Olivia Wall scored three, Bentley Stubbs had two, and Shelby Jurjens added three. Hi-Line is 1-3 and will play at Gothenburg on Saturday.

Tori Bose finished with 15 points, Emercen Lovitt scored eight, Mikah Schultz had five, and Lauren Quinn added six. Southern Valley is 1-3 and will face Overton at home on Saturday.

Bose was named Player of the Game as well.

In the boys game, we had a thriller of a matchup. Hi-Line won the game, 49-47. In the opening quarter, both teams found success on offense, and Southern Valley led 16-15.

The second quarter was similar as the teams traded buckets once again, and it was all tied up at 29-29.

Throughout the game, it was physical, with both teams running effective offensive actions, and rebounding was critical.

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In the third quarter, Southern Valley got tough on defense and took a 40-33 lead heading into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter, the intensity increased further. About halfway through the period, Isaac Hamilton hit a big three-pointer to increase the lead to 47-40 and get him past the 1,000 career points milestone.

About a minute later, a pair of free throws were missed by the Eagles, and Hi-Line pushed the ball up the floor, and Brody Diefenbaugh hit a trailing triple to make the score 47-43. The teams traded defensive stops for a couple of minutes.

With 17 seconds to go, Kane Cochrane hit a three from about the volleyball 10-foot line and made it 47-46. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Diefenbaugh stole the ball, got fouled, and hit both free throws to make it 48-47.

Southern Valley hustled across the midcourt line and called a timeout. The Bulls forced a 5-second violation as the Eagles could not get it inbounded. Diefenbaugh was fouled again, and he hit one of two foul shots to make it 49-47.

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Southern Valley had a chance, as Houston Hunt had a nice look at the rim from three, an excellent-looking shot from the right corner, rimmed out.

Really, really good effort from both teams.

We chatted with Brody Diefenbaugh after the game.

Isaac Hamilton had 22 points for the Eagles, Houston Hunt added nine, Tate Weatherwax scored six, and Jacob Rice scored six. Southern Valley is 1-3 and will face Overton on Saturday.

For Hi-Line, Kane Cochrane scored 15 points, Brody Diefenbaugh had 15 too, Cooper Knackstedt had seven, Jaxson Hood added eight. Hi-Line is 3-1 and will play at Gothenburg on Saturday.

Cochrane was named Player of the Game.