The Sunnyside Blue Devils will take on the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts in a holiday battle at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sunnyside has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since November 26.
On Monday, Sunnyside lost to Cholla on the road by a 69-54 margin. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Chargers are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mica Mountain). They blew past Rio Rico 89-60 on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Thunderbolts in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now won five in a row.
Sunnyside's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Mica Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3.
Sunnyside suffered a grim 94-68 defeat to Mica Mountain in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Blue Devils were down 47-25.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
