Valley Christian hasn't had much luck against Almira-Coulee-Hartline recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Valley Christian Panthers will face off against the Almira-Coulee-Hartline Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Valley Christian duked it out withOdessa on Tuesday. Everything went Valley Christian's way against Odessa as Valley Christian made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Valley Christian got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 31-29, 25-19, 25-23.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Almira-Coulee-Hartline, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They put the hurt on Odessa with a sharp 3-0 victory last Tuesday.
Almira-Coulee-Hartline never let Odessa on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-21, 25-22.
Valley Christian's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Almira-Coulee-Hartline, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-6.
Valley Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against Almira-Coulee-Hartline in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Valley Christian since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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