The Vinton County Vikings will be playing at home against the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Vinton County is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, Vinton County was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 44-38 to Logan.
Meanwhile, Nelsonville-York really took it to Eastern for the full four quarters, racking up a 75-41 victory at home. The victory was just what Nelsonville-York needed coming off of a 74-50 loss in their prior match.
Airah Lavy was on fire: she scored 27 points along with 8 assists and 8 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of Nelsonville-York's points. Alayna Okulich was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 19 rebounds.
The losses dropped Vinton County to 1-3 and Logan to 1-1.
Vinton County came up short against Nelsonville-York in their previous matchup back in January, falling 59-53. Can Vinton County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
