Eastwood and Crowley squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Eastwood had to settle for second. They took a 69-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crowley Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Troopers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Eagles are ranked 44th).
Eastwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Devin Falk-Ramirez, who en route to 22 points, and Julien Falk-Ramirez, who posted 21 points. That was a full 39.3% of Eastwood's points, marking the seventh time in a row Devin has scored more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Edward Avila, who earned seven points.
Eastwood's defeat dropped their record down to 26-7. As for Crowley, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-12 record this season.
Eastwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Crowley, they will face off against Guyer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crowley knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight matches -- so hopefully Guyer likes a good challenge.
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