The Utica Chieftains will venture away from home to square off against the Chippewa Valley Big Reds at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Utica focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 14 on Tuesday.
Utica can't be to happy about their upcoming road match considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home. They fell 47-39 to Lake Shore. The contest was a 15-15 toss-up at halftime, but the Chieftains couldn't quite close it out.
Utica might have lost, but man, Hayden Hirmiz was a machine: he had 14 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Caston Rissman, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Chippewa Valley got the win against L'Anse Creuse on Tuesday by a conclusive 67-42. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Big Reds.
Utica came up short against Chippewa Valley in their previous matchup back in February, falling 54-44. Can Utica avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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