Valley Lutheran improved to 6-0 in the Tri Valley West Conference and 9-1 overall with a 71-25 victory on Tuesday over Merrill. Valley Lutheran had leads of 32-7, 54-13 and 65-19 after the third quarter and was outscored 7-6 in the final eight minutes. Rylan Appold scored 18 points and Josh Appold had 11 points and seven rebounds for Valley Lutheran.