By JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

LARNED — Larned High’s volleyball momentum was stopped in a doubleheader loss to state-ranked Smoky Valley and Halstead Tuesday night. The Indians lost a pair of tightly-contested matches.
The Vikings (10-4, 3-0 CKL) downed the Indians 25-19, 25-19. Halstead completed the sweep 25-23, 25-16.
Among the players competing for Larned include Ally Aldrich, Erin Smith, Lyida Duft, Aarika Bright, Kaitlyn Finger, Kelsey Parr, Dava Makings and Courtney Detherage,
The Indians (5-8, 1-2 CKL) compete at the Russell Tournament Saturday. Larned plays Hesston and Haven at Haven Tuesday.

CKL
Smoky Valley     3–0     10–4
Hesston         2–1     12–1
Kingman     2–1    13–3
Pratt         2–1      8–5
Hillsboro     2–1      8–6
Haven         2–1      5–10
Sterling         1–2      7–9
Larned         1–2      5–8
Halstead     1–2     6–10
Nickerson     1–2     4–11
Hoisington     1–2     1–9
Lyons          0–3     4–5
Tuesday’s matches
Smoky Valley def. Larned, 25-19, 25-19; Halstead def. Larned, 25-23, 25-16; Smoky Valley def. Halstead, 25-13, 25-19
Hesston def. Kingman, 25-23, 25-17; Kingman def. Hillsboro, 25-17, 25-19; Hillsboro def. Hesston, 25-22, 26-28, 25-16
Lyons def. Ellinwood, 25-19, 23-25, 26-24; Sterling def. Ellinwood, 25-18, 25-18; Sterling def. Lyons, 26-24, 25-19
Hoisington def. Nickerson, 19-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-13, 15-12
Pratt def. Haven, 17-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-11
Thursday’s schedule
Garden City, Hays, Ulysses at Pratt
Saturday’s schedule
Halstead, Lyons at Marion
Pratt at Liberal
Kingman at Chaparral
Hoisington, Larned at Russell
Sept. 21 schedule
Hesston at Goessel
Sept. 22 schedule
Larned, Hesston at Haven
Lyons, Hoisington at Hillsboro
Halstead, Sterling at Nickerson
Kingman, Pratt at Smoky Valley