The Salinas Cowboys will venture away from home to face off against the Oakwood Hawks at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Salinas has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Oakwood will come in with three straight victories.
Salinas is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 57 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Monterey on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Dores and fell 60-28. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 940th, while the Dores are ranked 207th).
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Oakwood faced off against Everett Alvarez on Thursday. Oakwood took down Everett Alvarez 64-45.
Oakwood's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Salinas, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.
Salinas came up short against Oakwood when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 65-55. Can Salinas avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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