The El Capitan Vaqueros will head out to challenge the Steele Canyon Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Capitan has four straight victories, Steele Canyon has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
El Capitan will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 29) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 57-54 win over Helix. Given the Vaqueros' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Highlanders are ranked 492nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Steele Canyon came up short against Granite Hills on Friday and fell 52-45.
El Capitan pushed their record up to 18-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Steele Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.
El Capitan skirted past Steele Canyon 53-50 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Will El Capitan repeat their success, or does Steele Canyon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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