Vail Christian and Vail Mountain are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Vail Christian Saints are on the road again on Friday and plays the Vail Mountain Gore Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on February 23rd. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Vail Christian rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They really took it to the Rams for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-30 win on the road.
Will Neumann was his usual excellent self, scoring 29 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Jack Pryor was another key contributor, scoring eight points.
Meanwhile, Vail Mountain scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 74-19 win over West Grand on the road. Perhaps unsurprisinly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Vail Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Vail Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
Vail Christian came up short against Vail Mountain in their previous matchup on February 6th, falling 54-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vail Mountain's Christian Mills, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. Now that Vail Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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