The Arcata Tigers and the Crater Comets will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
It was a proper cat-fight when Arcata faced off against South Medford on Saturday. The Tigers fell 67-55 to the Panthers.
Arcata might have lost, but man, Luke Lemke was a machine: he went 8-for-20 to rack up 27 points and eight rebounds. That was a full 49.1% of the Tigers' points, marking the fifth time in a row Lemke has posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Elias Gomez, who put up ten points.
Meanwhile, Crater put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Phoenix 66-30. The game marked the Comets' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Crater's win bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Arcata, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Arcata was dealt a bruising 83-52 defeat at the hands of Crater in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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