Ipswich closed out its boys' varsity basketball campaign with a 73-59 Region 2B bracket championship loss last Friday evening at Lower Brule. (Potter County captured the other Region 2B bracket championship.)

Meanwhile the Tiger loss closed out their varsity season at 14 wins and eight losses. The IHS seniors will definitely be missed, alphabetically, Trevor Beyers, Zach Geditz, Carson Gohl, Ty Kadlec, Luke Peterson and Taylor Thorson.

The Sioux would obtain a 20-16 first-quarter lead and then manufactured a double-digit 32-22 scoring edge at intermission. That was after a Trevor Beyers lay...