It was a proper cat-fight when San Lorenzo Valley duked it out with Santa Cruz on Saturday. The San Lorenzo Valley Cougars took a hard 63-47 fall against the Santa Cruz Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1108th, while the Cardinals are ranked 326th).
San Lorenzo Valley's defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Wyatt Himmelstrup, who went 5 for 9 to rack up 12 points. Noah Steiger was another key player, going 6 of 11 en route to 14 points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for San Lorenzo Valley and nudges their season record down to 5-17. As for Santa Cruz, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season.
San Lorenzo Valley wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 70-24 loss against Soquel on the 10th. Santa Cruz does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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