The Smoky Valley boys took care of business on Thursday at the Sterling invite knocking off the Trinity Celtics by the score of 49-38. Trinity got off to a good start but the Vikings rallied mid 1st quarter going on an 11-0 run to forge ahead and lead 18-13 after 1. The 2nd quarter saw the Vikings flex their offense while holding Trinity to just 4 points to take a 34-17 lead at the half. They started the 3rd hot increasing their lead to 41-17 before Trinity started to rally back and got the score as close as 41-29 before the Vikings hit a free-throw. Trinity then hit 2 more baskets to get within 9 at 42-33 before Trayton Miller hit a big 3 to get the Vikings back up 45-33 and they went on to win it 49-38. Trayton Miller was the only Viking in double figures with 10, but Karson Pihl had 9, Lysell 8 and Pickering 7 as balanced scoring helped the Vikings. Vikings will be playing in the 5th place game vs. Scott City Friday afternoon.

Don Bengtson