Minnesota High School Basketball - Deer River thwarts Virginia
January 27, 2012: Virginia, MN 55792 The Deer River Warriors (Deer River, MN) basketball felled the host Virginia Blue Devils (Virginia, MN), 81-70 in Friday's non-league test.
The Warriors (15-3) will now prepare for their test against Mountain Iron-Buhl (Mountain Iron, MN). The Rangers go into the non-league test with a 4-16 record. In their last test, Mountain Iron-Buhl went down by Ely (Ely, MN), 86-71, in a league test.
The Blue Devils now own a 12-6 record. They take the field next when they travel to International Falls for a Iron Range test on Tuesday, January 31. Virginia will clash with a Broncos squad coming off a 82-58 league win over Mesabi East (Aurora, MN). The Broncos record now stands at 11-6.