Basketball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Red Cloud

Warriors

Previous 6 Games

01/17/25 @ Blue Hill	56-52
01/11/25 vs Elba	59-10
01/10/25 @ Harvard	62-15
01/04/25 @ Lewiston	51-46
01/03/25 @ Rock Hills	59-52
12/27/24 @ Hershey	46-42

Red Cloud waltzed into their matchup on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They secured a 56-52 W over the Blue Hill Bobcats. That's more bragging rights for the Warriors, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Red Cloud to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gage Ely, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Lukas Armstrong was another key player, going 7 of 15 on his way to 16 points and five boards.

Red Cloud pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.8 points per game. As for Blue Hill, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-7.

Red Cloud has already played their next game (against Superior), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Blue Hill won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Franklin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Blue Hill is facing Franklin at the right time seeing as Franklin is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.