Birchwood Christian was the 45-42 winner over Minto when they last played one another back in February of 2017, but their luck changed this time around. The Birchwood Christian Warriors fell 45-37 to the Minto Lakers on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alaska basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Lakers are ranked seventh).
Jonathon David Jr. was his usual excellent self, putting up 18 points for Minto. That makes it three consecutive games in which David Jr. has scored at least a third of Minto's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicholas Roberts, who posted eight points.
This is the second loss in a row for Birchwood Christian and nudges their season record down to 3-7. As for Minto, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Birchwood Christian and Nenana will face off at 12:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. As for Minto, they will face off against Nunamiut on January 24th.
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