The Ripon Christian Knights and the Bear River Bruins squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the Ripon Christian Knights had to settle for second. They were beaten by the Bruins 76-32. Ripon Christian's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Ripon Christian had strong showings from Maddie Yonker, who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, and Reagan Van der hoek, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 13 rebounds. Van der hoek has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Laci Nydam, who scored three points.
Krissy Kelly was her usual excellent self, scoring 21 points along with five rebounds and five steals for Bear River. Kelly has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last seven times she's played. Another player making a difference was Taryn Cleek, who scored 16 points along with four steals.
Ripon Christian dropped their record down to 16-12 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Bear River, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.
Ripon Christian is on the road again on Tuesday and plays Lynbrook at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. Ripon Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 502nd, while Lynbrook is ranked 195th). As for Bear River, they will square off against Valley Christian at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Valley Christian is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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