The Ripon Christian Knights entered their tilt with the Ripon Indians with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Ripon Christian walked away with a 72-60 victory over Ripon on Friday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Ripon Christian got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Luke Crivello out in front who scored 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Vander Veen, who scored 19 points.
Ripon's loss came despite strong showings from Ethan Baur and Logan Lefebvre. Baur scored nine points along with three steals, while Lefebvre scored 14 points. Landon Gillespie was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Ripon Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Ripon, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Ripon Christian will take on Hughson at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hughson is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak. As for Ripon, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Livingston at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Livingston will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 964th, while Ripon is ranked 355th).
