The Castro Valley Trojans will head out to face off against the Alameda Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Castro Valley fought the good fight in their overtime game against Bishop O'Dowd on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 68-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dragons. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (57), the Trojans still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Alameda was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past Encinal 75-42. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Jets are ranked 566th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alameda is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.5 points per game. As for Castro Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Castro Valley came up short against Alameda in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 83-74. Can Castro Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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