The Salem Academy Crusaders will take on the Stanfield Tigers in a tournament on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While Salem Academy didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down Yamhill-Carlton 65-46 last Friday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Tigers are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Stanfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They blew past the Panthers 72-21. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matchups by 34 points or more this season.
Stanfield's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Salem Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
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