Basketball Recap: Valley Christian Skates Past Leetonia with Ease

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

12/17/24 @ Wellsville	38
01/28/25 vs United	37
12/13/24 vs Southern	34
02/11/25 @ Leetonia	30
01/24/25 vs Wellsville	30

Valley Christian won the last time they faced Leetonia and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Valley Christian Eagles blew past the Leetonia Bears 63-33. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Leetonia's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dylan Johns, who posted eight points. The dominant performance also gave Johns a new career-high in field goal percentage (80%). Will Henderson also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.

Valley Christian's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.9 points over those games. As for Leetonia, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 5-16 record this season.

Valley Christian has already played their next game (against Heartland Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Leetonia, they will face off against Waterloo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Waterloo has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.