Basketball Recap: Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute Comes Up Short

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 61-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Ridge View Raptors. While losing is never fun, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 279th, while Ridge View is ranked 51st).

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Ridge View, the win keeps them at an undefeated 17-0.

Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto/Charter Oak-Ute has already played their next match (against Siouxland Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Ridge View will welcome Lawton-Bronson on Monday. Ridge View knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 games -- so hopefully Lawton-Bronson likes a good challenge.