The River View Black Bears lost against the Coshocton Redskins back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. River View took a serious blow against the Redskins, falling 72-38. While losing is never fun, River View can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 581st, while the Redskins are ranked 274th).
River View lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Hayden Walters, who scored 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Layton Massie, who scored five points along with six rebounds.
Coshocton was led to victory by Logan Lonsberry and Colton Conkle. Lonsberry scored 25 points, while Conkle dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 assists. Another player making a difference was Alex Taylor, who scored 13 points along with two steals.
This is the second loss in a row for River View and nudges their season record down to 6-10. As for Coshocton, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-5.
River View will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Panthers at 7:15 p.m. Maysville knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past four games -- so hopefully the Black Bears like a good challenge. As for Coshocton, they will head out on the road to challenge the Ceramics at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Crooksville is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
