California High School Basketball - Drake topped by Novato
January 5, 2012: San Anselmo, CA 94960 The Drake Pirates basketball team (San Anselmo, CA), dropped 44-34 in Thursday's league battle with the visiting Novato Hornets (Novato, CA)
The Hornets now sport a 9-5 record. They play next when they travel to San Marin for a Marin County battle on Saturday, January 7. Novato will meet a Mustangs team coming off a 51-33 league win over Branson (Ross, CA). The Mustangs record now stands at 13-1.
The Pirates (3-11) will now prepare for their match against Justin-Siena (Napa, CA). The Braves enter the Marin County match with a 7-6 record. In their last match, Justin-Siena overcame San Rafael (San Rafael, CA), 50-21, in a league match.