It was a Battle of the Birds when Charleston challenged Hazelwood Central on Tuesday. The Charleston Bluejays fell to the Hazelwood Central Hawks 61-57. While losing is never fun, the Bluejays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Hawks are ranked 73rd).
Several Bluejays players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Treshaun Schandon, who went 5 for 11 on his way to 15 points. Schandon continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Trenez Lane was another key player, going 5 of 11 en route to 16 points.
Charleston's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Hazelwood Central, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-5.
Charleston will challenge Jackson at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hazelwood Central has already played their next match (against McCluer North), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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