The Bear Creek Bears will take on the Chatfield Chargers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Bear Creek is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Arvada West on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Bear Creek lost 54-32 to Arvada West. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Wildcats are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chatfield). They were the clear victor by a 69-45 margin over Lakewood on Friday. With the Chargers ahead 45-22 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Chatfield found their leader in sophomore Sadie Goodwin, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Goodwin has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Josie Lynch, who posted 11 points in addition to six boards and six blocks.
Chatfield was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January of 2024.
Chatfield's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-8. As for Bear Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6.
Bear Creek was taken down by Chatfield 77-44 when the teams last played back in February of 2022. Can Bear Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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