The Lancers’ playoff run continues tonight in an away game against the defending state champion Blue Valley Northwest Huskies. The Lancers move on after a one point victory over Blue Valley High on Thursday.
After falling behind in the third quarter, East outscored Blue Valley 11-2 in the final minutes to continue in the sub state bracket.
“We played good enough to win [Thursday] night,” junior guard Gunnar Englund said. “But it wasn’t our best performance.”
East goes into the second round a severe underdog to Northwest, the top ranked 6A school in Kansas. The Huskies start five seniors, four of which will have the opportunity to play college basketball next year. Senior Clayton Custer for the Huskies has been committed to Iowa State since 2012.
“We just need to play more relaxed and less tight I think,” Englund said. “Since we’ll be the underdogs, I think we’ll play a lot looser and just go out there to win.”
The Lancers will look to junior Lucas Jones for offensive production and hope that strong shooting from senior Colin Burns continues. The two players tied in total points to lead the team on Thursday.
Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. Watch the live broadcast on smeharbinger.net
![Forest elephant vs honey bee. Most people would say that the elephant has the easy victory in this situation but Junior Mallory Wilkerson decided to take the risk and side with the bee for one of the first rounds in the biology class March Mammals Madness competition.
The honey bee created an upset by not only beating the elephant in the first round but also defeating the Flame Bowerbird in the second round of the animal tournament. Wilkerson ended up winning the tournament in her IB Biology class with 82 points out of the possible perfect bracket 128.
“I did get into it and I looked up every single animal, and the how the weird battlefields worked or whatever the habitat was,” Wilkerson said. “Most of it was just applying some logic but [the March Mammal Madness tournament] was a fun and easy way to get some extra credit.”
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