Basketball Recap: Carpinteria Takes a Loss

Carpinteria lost against Santa Ynez back in November of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Carpinteria Warriors took a hard 80-65 fall against the Santa Ynez Pirates. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Santa Ynez to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Skidmore, who went 7 of 16 en route to 17 points. Those 17 points gave Skidmore a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jude Pritchard, who posted 17 points and five rebounds.

Carpinteria's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Santa Ynez, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season.

Carpinteria will challenge Santa Paula at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Paula knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 16 contests -- so hopefully Carpinteria likes a good challenge. As for Santa Ynez, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 62-54 defeat against Bishop Diego on the 6th.