Paton-Churdan

Paton-Churdan had its girls and boys’ varsity basketball teams in Churdan last night for a Rolling Valley Activities Conference twin bill vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton. The Spartans won the girls’ game 63-20 and the Rockets took the boys’ contest by a final of 61-51.

Coach Tom Kennedy’s P-C girls are now 2-14 while EEHK is 16-1. Junior Alivya Smith had eight points for P-C with six by Edynn Smith, a freshman. The Rockets were down 36-10 at halftime. EEHK had 18 points from Jae Lynn Petersen and 16 points from Taryn Petersen.

The P-C boys improved to 6-11 while the Spartans fell to 1-14. Coach Josh Cerveny reports the trio of Trevon Keely, Phoenix Hartman, and Donovan Martin each had 15 points, and Cayden Stream added 10. Unofficially, Keely hauled in 12 rebounds with 10 for Martin and eight by Stream. The coach told RaccoonV alley Radio “Another hard fought win against a team that has gotten a lot better. Conovan strepped up big with Bryce Strephenson toinght, who was out with an illness. Proud of the team effort tonight. We have two more tough road games this week.”