The Heritage Hawks are taking a road trip to square off against the Okaw Valley Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has five straight wins, Okaw Valley has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Heritage beat Villa Grove 2-0.
Heritage easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-18.
Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Okaw Valley came up short against Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond on Thursday and fell 2-0.
Okaw Valley was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-23.
Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10-1 record this season. As for Okaw Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Heritage beat Okaw Valley 2-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Heritage since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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