Basketball Recap: Bear River Comes Up Short

Bear River lost against Green Canyon back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Bear River Bears came up short against the Green Canyon Wolves, falling 73-47. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Wolves are ranked 12th).

Easton Stokes went supernova for Green Canyon, going 6 for 7 en route to 19 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Stokes a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Gavin Crane, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 17 points and five assists.

Bear River's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Green Canyon, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-1.

Bear River and West Field will face off at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Bear River is facing West Field at the right time seeing as West Field is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Green Canyon, they will face off against Mountain Crest at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Green Canyon knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Mountain Crest likes a good challenge.