The Clearfield Bison and the St. Marys Flying Dutch squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Clearfield Bison had to settle for second. Their tough 56-36 loss to the Flying Dutch might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Clearfield can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 240th, while St. Marys is ranked 79th).
Despite the loss, Clearfield saw an underclassman step up: Sonny Diehl dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. Diehl is trending in the right direction, as she's improved her point production for three games straight. Mia Helsel was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Clearfield's defeat dropped their record down to 14-9. As for St. Marys, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Clearfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now. St. Marys also has no future games currently scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
