Basketball Game Preview: Turkey Valley Trojans vs. Clayton-Ridge Eagles

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Previous Games

01/16/24 - Home	21-37 L
12/08/23 - Away	28-35 L
02/02/23 - Neutral	42-28 W
01/17/23 - Away	58-26 W
01/17/22 - Neutral	48-28 W
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Turkey Valley is 8-2 against Clayton-Ridge since November of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Turkey Valley Trojans will host the Clayton-Ridge Eagles at 6:15 p.m. Turkey Valley will be strutting in after a win while Clayton-Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.

If Turkey Valley beats Clayton-Ridge with 56 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Turkey Valley took down North Fayette Valley 56-42 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.

Meanwhile, Clayton-Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were outmatched by Kee and fell 61-22. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Kee Hawks are ranked 101st).

Turkey Valley's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Clayton-Ridge, they now have a losing record at 3-4.

Turkey Valley lost to Clayton-Ridge at home by a decisive 37-21 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can Turkey Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.