The Colton Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Salem Academy Crusaders at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Salem Academy will be up against a hot Colton squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Colton put the hurt on Chemawa Indian with a sharp 41-21 victory on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Vikings have posted against the Braves since January 14, 2017.
Meanwhile, Salem Academy had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 62-25 victory over the Trojans. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Trojans are ranked 162nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Colton's win bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Salem Academy, they are also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season.
Colton was taken down by Salem Academy 48-20 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. Can Colton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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