Ceres lost against Beyer back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Ceres Bulldogs fell 51-44 to the Beyer Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 859th, while the Patriots are ranked 259th).
Ceres lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Manuel Ortega, who posted ten points and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Cashton Almeida, who put up six points.
This is the second loss in a row for Ceres and nudges their season record down to 10-17. As for Beyer, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season.
Looking ahead, Ceres will welcome Central Valley at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ceres is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.3 points per game this season. As for Beyer, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Lathrop at 7:30 p.m.
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