Citrus Valley hasn't had much luck against Yucaipa recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Citrus Valley Blackhawks will be home for the holidays to greet the Yucaipa Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m.
Citrus Valley came up into this matchup off a tough 35-point defeat last Monday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Orange Vista by a score of 48-45 on Thursday. The Blackhawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Yucaipa had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 52-49 win over the Bulldogs. 52 seems to be a good number for the Thunderbirds as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Yucaipa's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Citrus Valley, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Citrus Valley was taken down by Yucaipa 83-28 in their previous meeting back in February. Can Citrus Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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