The Blue Ridge Barons were the 81-80 winner over The Burlington School Spartans when they last played one another back in December of 2022, but their luck changed this time around. Blue Ridge took a 68-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of The Burlington School on Saturday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Blue Ridge still got an impressive performance from Kamren Martin, who scored 15 points along with 7 rebounds. Martin is absolutely dominating the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Shanon Simango , who scored 8 points along with 9 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Blue Ridge were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as The Burlington School only pulled down two.
Zion Walker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for The Burlington School, scoring 20 points. The game was Walker's tenth in a row with at least ten points. Matija Moravcevic was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Blue Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 2-1. As for The Burlington School, the win makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Blue Ridge will head out on the road to face off against Hargrave Military Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for The Burlington School, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Jordan at 7:30 p.m. Jordan will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 237th, while The Burlington School is ranked ninth).
