Basketball Recap: Newcastle Drops Season-High Score on Rawlins

Dogies

Team Score (Highest)

02/21/25 @ Rawlins	69
12/20/24 vs Lead-Deadwood	59
02/07/25 @ Burns	50
01/18/25 @ Douglas	50
12/14/24 vs Pinedale	50

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newcastle). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 69-66 victory over the Rawlins Outlaws on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Dogies have posted against the Outlaws since February 3, 2018.

Despite the loss, Rawlins still got an impressive performance from Damien Vialpando, who to rack up 18 points and five assists. Lincoln Searle was another key player, en route to 12 points and seven rebounds.

Newcastle picked up their first road victory, bumping their record up to 4-16. As for Rawlins, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-13.

Looking ahead, Newcastle will challenge Glenrock at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Rawlins, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 51-41 defeat against Wheatland on the 22nd.