After soaring to 55 points the game before, the Churchill County Greenwave were a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They were beaten by Amador Valley 71-25.
Braden Sorensen and Luke Glinka certainly did their best on Thursday to try and avoid the loss. Sorensen scored 12 points, while Glinka scored nine points. Sorensen continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played.
Churchill County struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Churchill County's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Amador Valley, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-2.
Churchill County and Aragon will round out the year against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at. Aragon will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 521st in California, while Churchill County is ranked 56th in Nevada). Amador Valley won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Pittsburg at 6:00 p.m. on December 29, 2023. Pittsburg knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past eight games -- so hopefully Amador Valley likes a good challenge.