Even though the Hill City Rangers scored an imposing 63 points on Saturday, the Red Cloud Crusaders still came out on top. Red Cloud narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Hill City 66-63. That's another feather in the cap for Red Cloud, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Red Cloud had a senior duo take command as Monty Montileaux scored 22 points and Nick Zuniga scored 17 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Another player making a difference was Josh Anderson, who scored 11 points along with 6 rebounds.
Red Cloud's win bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Hill City, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Red Cloud will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Todd County at 3:30 p.m. Hill City is on the road again on Thursday and play against New Underwood at 7:30 p.m. on December 14th.
