Spring Creek and Elko are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Spring Creek Spartans will head out to challenge the Elko Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Saturday, Spring Creek lost to Fernley at home by a 49-34 margin. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Vaqueros are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elko). They breezed by Dayton to the tune of 61-14 on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Elko's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-8. As for Spring Creek, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-7 record this season.
Spring Creek ended up a good deal behind Elko in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, losing 40-21. Can Spring Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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