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

NOW 7-4 FOR SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – By winning the final two games, over Southeast of Saline and Lyons,  at  the Sterling Invitational last week, the Smoky Valley boys basketball team have now won four of their last five game and six of eight.             This give the Vikings a 7-4 season mark as they tangle with Class 2A Hutchison Trinity (4-9) on the road Tuesday, January 27 before closing out the January schedule with a home battle against Russell (6-7)

SET TO PLAY AT STERLING TOURNAMENT   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley boys basketball team worked hard and earned a pair of wins last week, defeating Chapman at home, 63-32 on Tuesday followed by a 39-point victory on the road at Nickerson on Friday.             The pair of victories gives the Vikings a record of 5-3 for the season as they get ready to play in the Sterling Black Bear Tournament starting on Tuesday, January 30 when they battle with Hutchinson

HEITSCHMDIT RECORDES DOUBLE-DOUBLE             HOISINGTON – Last Tuesday the Smoky Valley boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Hoisington where they both lost, the Lady Vikings lost by 31 while the Viking boys could not hold a lead late in the game and lost by one.           The Viking boys are now 3-3 for the season while the Lady Vikings drop to 1-5.           Both teams will be hosting Chapman  on Tuesday, January 13 before going on the road to Nickerson on Friday,

RYAN HITTING DOUBLE-DOUBLE PER GAME   By Staff             LINDSBORG – The Smoky Valley boys basketball team closed out the December part of the 2025/26 schedule with three wins and a pair of losses after scoring a pair of wins in the final week before the holiday break.             After losing a heart wrenching 52-61 game to Concordia on Friday, December 12, the Vikings powered back and scored a 55-41 win over Belle Plaine on Tuesday, and a fourth-quarter comeback win over

LOOKING FOR A WINNING SEASON   By Staff             LINDSBORG – It has been a rough couple of seasons for the Smoky Valley boys’ basketball program as they look to take a big step forward and find their first winning season since 2022/23.             After finishing 4-17 in each of the past two seasons, Doug Schneider enters his fifteenth season in charge of the program with high hopes of finding success while building the team around center Ty Heitschmidt and guard Braylon O