Basketball Recap: Falcon's Win on Friday Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Falcons

Previous Games

01/31/25 @ Sierra	71-25
01/29/25 @ Mitchell	73-8
01/23/25 vs Elizabeth	73-30
01/17/25 vs Pueblo County	77-58
01/14/25 @ The Classical Academy	65-59
+ 2 more games

Falcon extended their winning streak to seven games thanks to a huge performance from Christian Bertholf. The Falcon Falcons took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 71-25 win over the Sierra Stallions thanks in part to Bertholf, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played.

Another player making a difference was Xavier Linville, who posted eight points in addition to six boards and five steals. Those five steals gave him a new career-high.

Falcon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.1 points per game. As for Sierra, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-13.

Coincidentally, Falcon and Sierra will both be playing Sand Creek the next time they take the court. Falcon will head out to face Sand Creek at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, while Sierra will head out to face them at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.