Otter Valley is 0-10 against Hartford since March of 2021 but things could change on Friday. The Otter Valley Otters will face off against the Hartford Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m.
Otter Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Fair Haven, who was ranked 14th at the time (Otter Valley was ranked 16th). Otter Valley lost to Fair Haven on the road by a 57-39 margin on Tuesday. The matchup marked the Otters' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Hartford came tearing into Tuesday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.9 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Rivendell Academy, posting an 84-28 victory. 84 seems to be a good number for the Hurricanes as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Hartford's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.4 points over those games. As for Otter Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-3.
Otter Valley came up short against Hartford when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 50-40. Can Otter Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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