The Monte Vista Pirates entered their tilt with the Del Norte Tigers with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Monte Vista came out on top against Del Norte by a score of 44-37 on Tuesday. This was payback for Monte Vista, who suffered a 34-28 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Monte Vista found their leader in underclassman Heysenny Beltran, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds and four blocks. Another player making a difference was Zariah Archuleta, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Del Norte lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Baylie Laymon, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Laymon has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last six times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayleigh Haynie, who scored eight points along with six rebounds.
Monte Vista pushed their record up to 12-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Del Norte, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.
Monte Vista will head out on the road to challenge South Park at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. South Park will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Colorado Rankings (they are ranked 268th, while Monte Vista is ranked 87th). As for Del Norte, they will head out on the road to face off against Crested Butte at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Del Norte's defense has only allowed 29 points per game this season, so Crested Butte's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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