Basketball Recap: Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Beats Buckingham Charter for Their Second Straight Victory

Caia Salgado

Steals (Career)

02/11/25 vs Buckingham Charter	5
01/21/25 @ Buckingham Charter	4
02/04/25 vs Faith Christian	3
12/21/24 @ Valley	3
12/12/24 vs Mesa Verde	3

If Buckingham Charter wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, they should've done a better job of containing Caia Salgado. The Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Wolves came out on top against the Buckingham Charter Knights by a score of 41-30 on Tuesday thanks in part to Salgado, who posted 14 points and five steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in steals.

The team also got some help courtesy of Vidhi Rana, who earned six points and eight rebounds. She is on a roll when it comes to boards, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last three games she's played.

The win made it two in a row for Western Sierra Collegiate Academy and bumps their season record up to 15-9. As for Buckingham Charter, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy has already played their next contest (against Valley Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Buckingham Charter also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Sacramento Adventist.