The La Veta Redhawks were the 47-44 winner over the Sierra Grande Panthers when they last played one another back in February of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. La Veta ended up on the wrong side of a rough 66-44 walloping at the hands of Sierra Grande on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, La Veta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 315th, while Sierra Grande is ranked 153rd).
La Veta lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Matthew Gonzales, who scored six points along with 11 rebounds and three steals. Another player making a difference was Trey Medina, who scored 19 points.
Sierra Grande was led to victory by Jadyn Martinez and Brian Ontiveros. Martinez dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds, while Ontiveros scored 24 points. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Aron Ojeda, who scored 12 points along with four steals.
La Veta has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-14 record this season. As for Sierra Grande, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-4.
La Veta will head out on the road to square off against South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. La Veta is coming into the contest with seven straight losses on the road, meaning South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. As for Sierra Grande, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Hoehne at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Sierra Grande focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Tuesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
