The Columbia Falls Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Bigfork Vikings & Valkyries at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Columbia Falls took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 50-40 win over Ronan.
Meanwhile, Bigfork had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.1 points) and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. They breezed by the Loggers to the tune of 60-17. Given the Vikings & Valkyries' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana basketball rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Loggers are ranked 137th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bigfork pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.3 points over those games. As for Columbia Falls, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season.
Columbia Falls was taken down by Bigfork 75-47 in their previous matchup back in January. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Columbia Falls was down 45-18.
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