Basketball Recap: Santiago Skates Past Hoover with Ease

On Saturday, everything came up roses for the Santiago Sharks against the Hoover Cardinals as the squad secured a 75-46 victory. Given the Sharks' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Cardinals are ranked 636th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sharks

Previous 2 Games

01/25/25 vs Hoover	75-46
01/23/25 vs Norco	45-40

The win made it two in a row for Santiago and bumps their season record up to 20-8. As for Hoover, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Santiago will welcome Corona at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Santiago is facing Corona at the right time seeing as Corona is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Hoover has already played their next game (against Patrick Henry), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.