Northern Cass is 6-1 against Maple Valley since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Northern Cass Jaguars will be staying on the road to face off against the Maple Valley Raiders at 7:15 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, it was close, but Northern Cass sidestepped Grand Forks Central for a 2-1 win.
Northern Cass had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-23, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Maple Valley took care of business in their home opener last Saturday (barely). They had just enough and edged Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier out 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Maple Valley got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 23-25, 15-10.
Northern Cass is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6-1 record this season. As for Maple Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Northern Cass was able to grind out a solid win over Maple Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2018, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northern Cass since the squad 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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