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

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