The Exira-EHK Spartans will take on the Boyer Valley Bulldogs tonight in Avoca with a trip to the State Tournament on the line. The two squads will meet in the Class 1A Region 7 Final at AHSTW High School at 6:00pm. The game time was moved up an hour with the anticipation of more freezing rain affecting the area again tonight.

This will be the rubber-match with both teams winning at home in the regular season battles. Boyer Valley won 47-46 on January 2nd in Dunlap. Ella Meyer and Cathryn Klein had 11 points each in that Bulldog win. The Spartans were able to avenge that loss a month later with a 67-43 win on February 2nd. Sophia Peppers had 21 points and Kealey Nelson dropped in 17 in that second meeting.

After the Spartans picked up the semifinal win on Friday night over CAM, Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen was asked about the prospects of facing Boyer Valley again. “We know it’s going to be tough. It’s gonna be a fight for 32 minutes. It’s going to take all 13 of us including coaches to be on the same page to get the win.”

The Spartans will be trying to get back to the State Tournament after reaching the Semifinals and falling in overtime to Turkey Valley last season.

We’ll have coverage tonight on KJAN. Our game coverage will start on KJANTV with an audio only broadcast. We will then join the game on the air at the conclusion of the Class 3A Boys game between Atlantic and Denison-Schleswig that starts at 5:30pm.