| 09/18/25 - Away | 3-0 W |
| 10/23/24 - Away | 0-3 L |
| 09/24/24 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 09/19/23 - Away | 1-3 L |
| 10/17/22 - Home | 2-3 L |
| 09/15/22 - Away | 3-0 W |
Hood River Valley and Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2022, but not for long. The Eagles will be playing at home against the Mustangs at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Hood River Valley challenged La Salle on Tuesday. The Eagles came up short against the Falcons, falling 3-0. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Falcons recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
While Hood River Valley ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 17 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-17.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Putnam on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mustangs have posted since September 17, 2024.
Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-93), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 25-19, 25-23, 10-25, 15-13.
Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts' victory bumped their record up to 4-14. As for Hood River Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Everything went Hood River Valley's way against Milwaukie/Milwaukie Academy of the Arts in their previous meeting back in September, as Hood River Valley made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
