South Eugene and Sherwood squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but South Eugene had to settle for second. They were beaten by the Sherwood Bowmen 74-45. While losing is never fun, the Axe can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Bowmen are ranked 19th).
South Eugene's defeat dropped their record down to 13-10. As for Sherwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
South Eugene does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Sherwood, they will head out to face off against West Linn at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Sherwood's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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