Basketball Game Preview: Valley Vikings vs. Del Norte Knights

By Team Reports Feb 16, 2025, 12:41am

Basketball Preview: Valley Vikings vs. Del Norte Knights

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Previous Games

01/31/25 - Home33-59 L
02/27/24 - Home48-44 W
02/20/24 - Home42-41 W
02/02/24 - Away33-31 W
02/14/23 - Away46-29 W
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Valley is 8-2 against Del Norte since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Valley Vikings will venture away from home to face off against the Del Norte Knights at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 13 consecutive losses for Valley and four for Del Norte.

Valley is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Rio Grande on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Valley was beaten by Rio Grande 52-24.

Meanwhile, Del Norte ended up a good deal behind Albuquerque Academy on Thursday and lost 62-45. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Chargers are ranked 17th).

Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-18. As for Del Norte, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.

Valley might still be hurting after the 59-33 defeat they got from Del Norte in their previous matchup back in January. Can Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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