A Thursday non-conference doubleheader took place for the Highland basketball teams this week and the Huskies dropped a pair of games to English Valleys. 

The Huskie girls lost a heartbreaker in double overtime with a 49-44 loss to the Bears (10-1). Highland led 25-17 at the break, but was outscored 21-13 in the second half to force overtime at 38-38. Both teams scored four points in the extra period before a 7-2 Bear spurt in the next four minutes to seize victory. The Bears’ Mia Ayers led all scorers with 24 points and Kennedy Axmear had 19 rebounds. The home Huskies were led by Dani Laughlin with 13 points and Abbi Stransky added 11. The boys trailed 28-15 at intermission and cut it to single digits in the third, but couldn’t get over the hump in a 55-37 English Valleys (6-4) win. Chase Schultz recorded 13 points and Connor Grinstead had 11. 

The Highland girls drop to 5-6 overall and the boys are 0-9. Both teams host Lone Tree on Monday.