On Friday, the Garden Grove Argonauts came up short against the Kennedy Fighting Irish and fell 64-53. While losing is never fun, the Argonauts can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 721st, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 244th).
Several Argonauts players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ethan Juarez, who posted 20 points. Juarez is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for five straight games. Drue Anzai was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Garden Grove's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-11. As for Kennedy, the win was the 16th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Garden Grove has already played their next match (against Katella), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Kennedy has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Segerstrom.
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