Tonopah Valley lost against Yuma Catholic back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Tonopah Valley Phoenix had to suffer through a 86-27 loss at the hands of the Yuma Catholic Shamrocks. While losing is never fun, the Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Shamrocks are ranked 48th).
Yuma Catholic got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ellijah Braveheart out in front who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Braveheart a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Sir Stokes, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine steals.
Tonopah Valley is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-15. As for Yuma Catholic, the victory was the 16th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tonopah Valley has already played their next contest (against Odyssey Institute), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Yuma Catholic will head out on the road to square off against Chino Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yuma Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.5 points per game this season.
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