River Valley and Vinton County are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The River Valley Raiders will challenge the Vinton County Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Vinton County took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on River Valley, who comes in off a win.
On Thursday, River Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Alexander, taking the game 38-26. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Meanwhile, Vinton County was beaten by Athens 62-26 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 377th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 66th).
River Valley is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Vinton County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-6.
River Valley took their victory against Vinton County in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a conclusive 56-34. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Valley since the team 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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