BOYS LOSE BY 10, GIRLS BY 15   By Staff             LINDSBORG — Smoky Valley’s boys and girls basketball teams both battled but came up short Tuesday night against Hoisington, with the Cardinals using strong second‑half pushes in each contest to leave town with a sweep, beating the Viking boys 37-47 and the Lady Vikings 30-45.   With the loss the Viking boys drop to 9-5 for the season while the Lady Vikings dip to 6-8 as both look to recapture a sharpness and clearer sense of

TAKE 5 TH  AT STERLING INVITATIONAL   By Staff          LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley girls basketball team has found a good groove this past ten days, winning three of their last four, including two in a row at the Sterling Invitational which was good for a fifth-place finish.        The Lady Viking suffered a loss to Scott City in game one before bouncing back to humble Hutchinson Trinity and then come-from-behind to get a victory over Kingman.        Now 4-7 for the season,

NOW 2-6 FOR SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley girls basketball team finished out the week Friday on the road with a huge win over Nickerson, 54-24, after losing at home on Tuesday to Chapman, 25-45.             Now 2-6 for the season, the Lady Vikings will now play at the Sterling Black Bear Tournament beginning on Tuesday when they tangle with Scott City. Other teams in the tournament are Sterling, Lyons, Hutchinson Trinity, Hugoton, Southeast of Sal

WILL ‘PLAY FAST & FURIOUS’   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The 2024/25 season did not go as hoped for the Smoky Valley girls basketball program as they finished just 6-15 overall and 2-6 in league play before losing in the first round of the state Class 3A sub-state tournament, all while running with two productive seniors around a group of ambitious underclassmen.             Jason Drouillard begins his fifth season at overseeing the Lady Vikings while looking for a retur