On Monday, Devils Lake faced Valley City in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Devils Lake Firebirds took a 64-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Valley City Hi-Liners. The Firebirds were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Hi-Liners earlier this season, when they won 66-64.
Devils Lake's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-5. As for Valley City, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 16-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Devils Lake has already played their next game (against Hillsboro), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Valley City will take on Lisbon at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Valley City is facing Lisbon at the right time seeing as Lisbon is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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