If Eureka was riding high fresh off their 59-18 takedown of LeRoy last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Eureka Hornets came up short against the Tri-Valley Vikings on Monday, falling 70-48. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Vikings are ranked 125th).
Eureka's defeat dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Tri-Valley, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.
Eureka has already played their next match (against Heyworth), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tri-Valley will challenge Lexington at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Lexington knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Tri-Valley likes a good challenge.
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