Ponderosa and Rio Americano are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Ponderosa Bruins will head out on the road to challenge the Rio Americano Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ponderosa is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Ponderosa lost 80-60 to Christian Brothers on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 699th, while the Falcons are ranked 88th).
Meanwhile, Rio Americano didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Bella Vista on Friday, but they still walked away with a 69-64 victory.
Rio Americano's win bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Ponderosa, their loss dropped their record down to 5-20.
Ponderosa came up short against Rio Americano when the teams last played back in January, falling 72-60. Can Ponderosa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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