The Eureka Loggers will challenge the St. Bernard's Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, Eureka was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 67-61 to McKinleyville. The loss continues a trend for the Loggers in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for St. Bernard's on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Ferndale out of the water with a 66-34 final score. The Crusaders pushed the score to 52-22 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
St. Bernard's is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Eureka, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-3.
Eureka came up short against St. Bernard's when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 61-51. Can Eureka avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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