On Wednesday, the Castle View Sabercats came up short against the Vista Ridge Wolves and fell 57-49. While losing is never fun, the Sabercats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 158th, while the Wolves are ranked 37th).
Loss or not, Castle View got some senior leadership from Lizzy Mroz and Casey Garner. Mroz went 5 for 6 on her way to 13 points, while Garner posted nine points. Diana Nagel was another key player, putting up five points.
Vista Ridge's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jasmine Byers, who went 7 of 12 en route to 22 points and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Byers has scored at least a third of Vista Ridge's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooklyn Kaiser, who went 8 for 18 on her way to 21 points and seven assists.
Castle View's defeat dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Vista Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Castle View didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 57-30 loss against Highlands Ranch on the 17th. As for Vista Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 53-25 victory against Rampart on the 16th.
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