The Dawson School Mustangs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Salida Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on March 1st. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Dawson School can now relate to. They took a hard 65-50 fall against the Firebirds on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Dawson School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while Windsor Charter Academy is ranked 88th).
Dawson School's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jackson Parker, who scored 19 points along with two steals, and Peter Ernst who scored ten points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Salida unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of The Vanguard School by a score of 66-63. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (60), Salida still had to take the loss.
Dawson School has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-12 record this season. As for Salida, their loss dropped their record down to 18-4.
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