After flying high against Madison last Friday, Oakwood came back down to earth. The Oakwood Lumberjacks were just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 66-65 to the Valley View Spartans. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lumberjacks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 64-61 two weeks ago.
Valley View found their leader in sophomore Brody Denny, who went 9 for 19 en route to 27 points. The game was Denny's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Ty Fritz was another key player, going 6 of 12 on his way to 14 points and six boards.
Oakwood's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Valley View, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-5.
Oakwood will host Waynesville at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Oakwood knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Waynesville likes a good challenge. As for Valley View, they will head out on the road to take on Madison at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Valley View is facing Madison at the right time seeing as Madison is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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