It was a needed South Iowa Cedar League victory on Tuesday for the Keota boys’ basketball team when they traveled to face English Valleys and rolled to a 69-39 win. 

The Eagles led 20-8 after one, 38-19 at the break, and they shut the door with a 17-4 third quarter to put the game to bed. Sophomores Sawyer Stout and Evan Vittetoe were a lethal one-two punch with Stout collecting a game-high 24 points on 10 of 18 made shots and Vittetoe had 21 and 15 rebounds. Cole Kindred managed seven points while Aidan Anderson and Conner Strand registered eight boards a piece. Keota improves to 5-3. 

A cold start for the Eagle girls doomed them with a 12-2 deficit after one and 25-7 hole at the break that eventually led to a 52-39 loss. The purple and gold drop to 2-7 on the season. 

Both Keota squads travel to Lynnville-Sully on Friday.