The Central Valley Falcons will square off against the Orland Trojans at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Central Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with nine straight losses, while Orland will come in with three straight wins.
On Tuesday, Central Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Yreka and fell 42-39.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Orland sidestepped Red Bluff for a 46-44 victory.
Orland had a senior duo take command as Jayden Thompson went 8 for 16 on his way to 20 points in addition to six steals and five boards and Preston Carlson went 5 of 12 on his way to 10 points along with five assists and five steals. Carlson is becoming a predictor of Orland's success: when he posts at least five steals the team is 9-2 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Dominick Bose, who posted ten points.
Orland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Central Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Central Valley was dealt a bruising 68-27 loss at the hands of Orland in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carlson, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 19 points and seven rebounds. Now that Central Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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