The North Fork Miners and the Roaring Fork Rams squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the North Fork Miners had to settle for second. They took a hard 56-38 fall against the Rams. While losing is never fun, North Fork can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while Roaring Fork is ranked 112th).
North Fork's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Athziry Vasquez, who scored nine points. Piper Smith was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with three steals.
North Fork struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Roaring Fork racked up 19 assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Roaring Fork to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nikki Tardif, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Tardif has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Lelaney Gardesani, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
North Fork has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-15 record this season. As for Roaring Fork, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-6 record this season.
North Fork does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Roaring Fork, they will square off against Olathe at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Olathe focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday.
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