It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Ramona Bulldogs can now relate to. They fell to the Bobcats 56-52. While losing is never fun, Ramona can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 535th, while Sage Creek is ranked 254th).
Ramona lost on Wednesday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Chase Newman, who scored 20 points along with five assists. That was a full 38.5% of Ramona's points, marking the eighth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Penner, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Ramona's defeat dropped their record down to 11-17. As for Sage Creek, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-13.
Ramona does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Sage Creek is on the road again on Saturday and plays Vista at 7:00 p.m. on February 17th. Vista will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Sage Creek surely won't give up without a fight.
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