The Community Charter Titans will take on the East Valley Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Community Charter has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last five games.
Community Charter is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 49-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fulton on Monday. The match was a 17-17 toss-up at halftime, but the Titans couldn't quite close it out.
Despite the loss, Community Charter saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Edem Ladzepko dropped a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 42.5% of Community Charter's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, East Valley also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to North Hollywood by a score of 64-57. The loss was the Falcons' first of the season.
East Valley's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jasper Meija, who scored 19 points plus six steals, and Eero Wolfe, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 17 rebounds. Meija is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least four every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lukas Carone, who posted 12 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, East Valley fell to 2-1. As for Community Charter, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Community Charter took a serious blow against East Valley in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 86-32. Can Community Charter avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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