The Mancos Bluejays won the last time they faced the Ridgway Demons, and things went their way on Saturday too. Mancos walked away with a 55-48 victory over Ridgway. Given Mancos' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Ridgway is ranked 300th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mancos was led to victory by Brian Veach and Kaiden Wyatt. Veach scored 13 points, while Wyatt scored 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Schmitt, who scored nine points.
Despite the loss, Ridgway saw an underclassman step up: Jonathan Rytlewski dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. Rytlewski has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last four times he's played. Henry Deppen was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with seven rebounds.
Mancos has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Ridgway, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12.
Mancos will be playing in front of their home fans against Montezuma-Cortez at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Montezuma-Cortez focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Saturday. As for Ridgway, they will head out on the road to face off against Dolores at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Dolores is on a four-game streak of home losses, Ridgway a six-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change.
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