The Fairfax Stampede will take on the La Joya Community Fighting Lobos in a tournament on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Fairfax will head into Monday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 37-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. It was close, but they ultimately received the gift of a 54-52 victory from a begrudging Stampede squad. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win they have posted since November 26th.
Michael Holdbrook was nothing short of spectacular: he posted 27 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayvon Foster, who put up 11 points.
While La Joya Community didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-20), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Valley Vista on Friday, sneaking past 37-35. The 37-point effort marked the Fighting Lobos' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
La Joya Community has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.8 points per game. As for Fairfax, their victory bumped their record up to 5-9.
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