Quartz Hill is 8-2 against Antelope Valley since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Quartz Hill Royals will head out on the road to square off against the Antelope Valley Antelopes at 4:30 p.m. Quartz Hill will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 643rd, while Antelope Valley is ranked 321st).
Quartz Hill suffered their biggest loss since January 6th on Tuesday. They took a serious blow against Eastside, falling 74-39. Quartz Hill has struggled against Eastside recently, as their game on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Antelope Valley has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell 57-49 to Highland on Tuesday.
Quartz Hill's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-12. As for Antelope Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4.
Quartz Hill lost to Antelope Valley on the road by a decisive 62-44 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Antelope Valley's Niya Price, who scored 30 points. Now that Quartz Hill knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
