The Naches Valley Rangers will head out to challenge the Cashmere Bulldogs at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Naches Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Cashmere will come in with three straight wins.
Naches Valley is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest loss since January 29th on Tuesday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Wahluke an easy 54-29 victory. The game marked the Rangers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
While Cashmere didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Kiona-Benton 62-41 on Tuesday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Bears are ranked 172nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cashmere pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Naches Valley, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Naches Valley didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Cashmere when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 64-58 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Naches 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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