The Deer Valley Wolverines will take on the Armijo Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Deer Valley and eight for Armijo.
Deer Valley is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Heritage on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Deer Valley was dealt an 86-27 loss at the hands of Heritage. The Wolverines were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 47-16.
Despite the defeat, Deer Valley had strong showings from Dominic Dolojan, who posted six points and four steals, and Lucas Vazquez, who earned eight points. Vazquez is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Meanwhile, Armijo was beaten by Fairfield 69-39 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1215th, while the Falcons are ranked 180th).
Deer Valley's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Armijo, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
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