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The Council Grove High School Braves were not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 58-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Burlington Wildcats. “We found ourselves in a battle all night vs the 17-3 Wildcats. Burlington has a ton of kids that can put the ball in the basket and I felt our guys did a great job of defending their actions for the most part. Our 23 turnovers were a problem in the game and we have to do a better job valuing each possession and not force a pass or force a shot on the offensive end of the floor. Those turnovers ultimately were a difference in the game. We did a good job rebounding, we didn’t get back in transition early, but the squad fixed that in a hurry and stopped the Wildcats from any easy run-out points and made them play against our defense.

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An article on February 18, in an online news source called The Sentinel, reported that using a 1 - 4 methodology and state assessment from the 2023-2024 school year, showed this year’s survey of 1,248 public and private schools as having only two schools earning an “A”. One was the public school, Timber Creek Elementary in the Blue Valley School District, and one was private, Brookridge Day School in Overland Park. The report also indicated that 62 schools failed according to the grading system, 25 of them high schools, and more than half are graded “D”.