The Clear Creek Golddiggers struggled with offensive rebounds on Tuesday (the Heritage Christian Eagles had seven more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Clear Creek took a 63-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Heritage Christian. Clear Creek has struggled against Heritage Christian recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Defeat or not, Clear Creek got some senior leadership from Tyler O'Brien and Collin Hendrickson. O'Brien scored 25 points along with two steals, while Hendrickson. almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. O'Brien hasn't dropped below two steals for six straight games. Another player making a difference was Alex Shriner, who scored two points along with ten rebounds and two steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Heritage Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Raul Bertinato, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Buehrlen, who scored 19 points along with two steals.
Clear Creek has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-9 record this season. As for Heritage Christian, their win was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
Clear Creek will be playing at home against Union Colony Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clear Creek will be up against Union Colony Prep's rather soft defense (which has allowed 52.67 points per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive showing. As for Heritage Christian, they will head out on the road to take on Dawson School at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage Christian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 842 points over their last 12 matches.
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