Basketball Recap: Maple River Comes Up Short

Maple River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 60-56 heartbreaker at the hands of the Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 247th in Minnesota, while the Patriots are ranked 41st in North Dakota).

Maple River's defeat dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Maple River will square off against Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Maple River is facing Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier at the right time seeing as Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Mayville-Portland-Clifford-Galesburg, they will head out on the road to challenge Sargent County at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.