The Armijo Royals will challenge the Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Armijo, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with nine defeats in a row, Armijo turned things around against Johnson on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 59-57 victory over the Warriors.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Armijo to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jariah Johnson, who posted 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isreal Legree, who earned ten points.
Meanwhile, Valley managed to keep up with Fairfield until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Valley came up short against Fairfield, falling 60-35. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1339th, while the Falcons are ranked 235th).
Armijo's win ended a ten-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-12. As for Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-14.
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