Hayfork is 0-3 against Loyalton since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hayfork Timberjacks will head out on the road to face off against the Loyalton Grizzlies at 5:00 p.m. Hayfork is coming into the game hot, having won their last 12 games.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Hayfork walked away with it. They walked away with a 59-52 victory over the Cougars on Thursday.
Hayfork got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Levi Cavalli out in front who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. Cavalli hasn't dropped below two steals for 16 straight games. Tatem Wiley was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, even though Butte Valley scored an imposing 58 points on Thursday, Loyalton still came out on top. Loyalton took down Butte Valley 77-58. Loyalton pushed the score to 61-34 by the end of the third, a deficit Butte Valley cut but never quite recovered from.
Hayfork pushed their record up to 20-6 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.1 points per game. As for Loyalton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season.
Hayfork came up short against Loyalton when the teams last played back in December of 2019, falling 48-37. Can Hayfork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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