The Clairton Bears will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Redbank Valley Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on March 8th. Clairton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 241st, while Redbank Valley is ranked 109th).
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Clairton can now relate to. They fell to the Rams 50-46.
The losing side was boosted by Iyanna Wade, who scored 31 points. Wade is crushing the point category: she's posted at least 22 every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of K Fuqua, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Redbank Valley came tearing into Saturday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against Moniteau by a score of 63-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Mylee Harmon continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 30 points along with five assists and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last seven times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kira Bonanno, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Clairton's loss dropped their record down to 19-6. As for Redbank Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
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