Basketball Recap: Roosevelt Takes a Loss

Roosevelt lost against Berthoud back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Roosevelt Roughriders fell 66-57 to the Berthoud Spartans. The Roughriders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Noah Lucero

Points (Career)

02/18/25 @ Berthoud	19
01/17/25 vs Berthoud	16
02/15/24 vs Riverdale Ridge	15
02/07/25 vs Greeley Central	14
02/11/25 @ Mountain View	12

Despite the loss, Roosevelt saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Noah Lucero went 7-for-14 on his way to 19 points in addition to seven boards and four steals. The dominant performance gave Lucero a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Nolan Peterson, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Ryan Callies was nothing short of spectacular for Berthoud: he went 8-for-18 to rack up 27 points and three steals. Berthoud is undefeated when Callies posts 20 or more points, but 4-12 otherwise. Isaac Erickson was another key player, putting up 13 points and six boards.

Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Berthoud, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-12.

Roosevelt wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 63-33 loss against Timnath on the 20th. As for Berthoud, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 62-33 win against Wellington on the 20th.