Basketball Recap: Olympia Takes a Loss

After flying high against Riverton last Monday, Olympia came back down to earth. The Olympia Spartans took a 46-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of the PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central Bluejays on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Bluejays: they've now lost seven in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cassie Cox, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten boards. Another player making a difference was Aubrey Vogel, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine steals.

Olympia's loss dropped their record down to 3-21. As for PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.

Olympia will be playing in front of their home fans against El Paso-Gridley at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 55-38 win against Tolono Unity on the 1st.