After both having extra time off, the Clear Lake Cardinals and the St. Helena Saints will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Clear Lake's tournament run continued when they took on Gridley last Saturday. Clear Lake took a 58-41 bruising from Gridley. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 723rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 264th).
Meanwhile, St. Helena put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Cloverdale with a 55-50 victory. The 55-point effort marked the Saints' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Clear Lake's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for St. Helena, their win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Clear Lake took a serious blow against St. Helena in their previous matchup on December 14th, falling 76-24. Can Clear Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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