A nail biting win in front of a home crowd was what Keota boys’ basketball fans experienced on Thursday when the Eagles hung on for a 49-47 South Iowa Cedar League victory over Lynnville-Sully (9-5).
Neither team could ever take control in this one with the Eagles up 19-13 after one, but it was cut to 26-23 at half. The back-and-forth trend continued in the final 16 minutes when Keota made one final stop for the cross divisional win. Keota shot 50% from the floor with Brady Duwa making all six of his shots to finish with 14 points and six assists. Luke Hammen added 13 points and eight rebounds.
It was a happy bus ride home Friday for the Sigourney basketball teams when they invaded North English and ended the night with a pair of South Iowa Cedar League wins over English Valleys.
The Savage girls jumped all over the Bears for a 29-11 advantage at the break and that big cushion proved to loom large in the second half. English Valleys won the third quarter 16-9 and a 13-8 fourth made the game interesting, but Sigourney hung on for the road victory. Kaylee Weber had another productive night hitting nine of 12 shots to finish with 21 points and nine rebounds. Zoe Webb and Julia VanEe each added seven points. The Bears drop to 7-8 and the Savages won their eighth straight to move to 13-3.
They had to sweat it out, but Keota fans saw their boys’ basketball team squeak out a home South Iowa Cedar League matchup on Tuesday against English Valleys winning 66-63 in overtime.
The Eagles trailed by six at half, but a 17-9 third quarter set up a tight fourth and the game was tied 55 all at the end of regulation. Keota outscored the Bears 11-8 in the extra four minutes to get back in the win column. Kaden Hall was a tough Bear player to stop finishing with a game-high 35 points. Carson Sprouse led Keota with 18 points and nine rebounds. Bryce Greiner had 14 points off the bench, Luke Hammen added 12, and Wyatt Sieren created five steals. Keota improves to 12-1 and EV is 10-5.