Preview: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Lone Peak Knights
Corner Canyon is 0-9 against Lone Peak since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Corner Canyon Chargers will challenge the Lone Peak Knights at 4:40 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Corner Canyon comes in on four and Lone Peak on 12.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Corner Canyon had no problem doing just that on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Darts and snuck past 59-56. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Lone Peak faced Westlake in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Lone Peak came out on top against Westlake by a score of 59-50 on Monday.
Lone Peak's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sarah Bartholomew led the charge by dropping a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Bartholomew has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Shawnee Nordstrom, who scored 16 points along with five assists and two steals.
Corner Canyon's victory bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Lone Peak, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Corner Canyon took a serious blow against Lone Peak in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 88-43. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Corner Canyon was down 50-19.
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