Amador Valley played a tough game on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. 2025 welcomed they with a 53-31 loss courtesy of the Freedom Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 559th, while the Falcons are ranked 153rd).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Freedom to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ariel De La O, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. That's the most boards De La O has posted since back in January of 2024. Anisa Blalock was another key player, putting up 15 points and seven rebounds.

Dons
01/04/25 @ Freedom | 31-53 |
12/30/24 vs Carlmont | 35-34 |
12/28/24 vs Yreka | 40-28 |
12/27/24 vs Casa Grande | 35-23 |
12/20/24 @ American | 39-55 |
Amador Valley moved to 6-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Freedom, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-5.
Amador Valley will head out to take on California at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Freedom, they will host Liberty at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Freedom is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.8 points per game this season.
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