The Corning Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Corning will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 767th, while Pleasant Valley is ranked 137th).
Last Friday, things could have been worse for Corning, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 52-36 loss to Orland. Corning has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Valley entered their tilt with Chico with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Pleasant Valley put the hurt on Chico with a sharp 60-39 victory on Friday. Pleasant Valley pushed the score to 48-26 by the end of the third, a deficit Chico cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Jacob Martin, who scored 16 points along with five assists and two blocks. Another player making a difference was Keith Thompson, who scored 14 points.
Corning has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-14 record this season. As for Pleasant Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Corning was taken down by Pleasant Valley 86-47 in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. Can Corning avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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