The Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team had a strong win on Tuesday evening over the Glidden-Ralston Wildcats 65-17. The Spartans came out of the gate poised for a win leading 13-0 at the end of the first. Throughout the second quarter Exira-EHK continued to land shots and saw their lead grow up to 30 at half. In the second half Exira-EHK kept up their stifling defense and Glidden-Ralston had no answer only scoring 10 points in the final two quarters. Taryn Petersen played sharp leading the Spartans in scoring with 21. Jaelyn Petersen also had a big game with 17 points.

Glidden-Ralston was led in the loss by 6 points from Kassidy Wenck. Tiela Janssen finished with 5 points for the Wildcats as their record drops to 4-7.

The Spartans improve to 9-3 and head to Treynor on Thursday to face the Cardinals with a tipoff set for 6:00 p.m.