After both having extra time off, the St. Helena Saints and the Clear Lake Cardinals will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in St. Helena's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
St. Helena will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Cloverdale, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. St. Helena secured a 55-50 W over Cloverdale two weeks ago. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 170th, while the Eagles are ranked 838th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clear Lake ended up a good deal behind Gridley last Saturday and lost 58-41.
Clear Lake's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for St. Helena, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for St. Helena against Clear Lake in their previous matchup on December 14th, as the team secured a 76-24 victory. Will St. Helena repeat their success, or does Clear Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
