The Umatilla Vikings will head out to challenge the Fruitland Grizzlies at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Umatilla has six straight victories, Fruitland has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Umatilla will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 20-point drubbing they dealt Weston-McEwen on Thursday. Umatilla blew past Weston-McEwen 63-43. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Fruitland played a tough contest on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 54-30 to Nampa Christian. The game marked the Grizzlies' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Fruitland's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Umatilla, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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