The Pendleton Buckaroos are ranked highly in their home state, and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Clarkston Bantams. Pendleton took a 47-32 bruising from Clarkston. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Pendleton in their matchups with Clarkston: they've now lost six in a row.
Pendleton's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Griffin Coiner, who scored 6 points.
Pendleton now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Clarkston, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pendleton will challenge Philomath at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Clarkston, they will head out on the road to face off against Colfax at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.