The Tanque Verde Hawks lost against the Rio Rico Hawks back in November of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Tanque Verde took a serious blow against Rio Rico, falling 55-28.
Despite the defeat, Tanque Verde saw an underclassman step up: Layla O'Rourke-Slone scored 15 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 steals. O'Rourke-Slone scored a full 53.6% of Tanque Verde's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Tanque Verde's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Rio Rico, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Tanque Verde will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Empire at 7:00 p.m. on December 1st. As for Rio Rico, they will take on American Leadership Academy - Gilbert North at 7:20 p.m. on Friday.
