If Parkersburg Catholic was riding high fresh off their 60-40 takedown of Notre Dame last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders fell 75-65 to the Clay-Battelle Cee-Bees on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (60), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.

Preston Randolph
03/12/25 @ Clay-Battelle | 17 |
03/07/25 @ Notre Dame | 18 |
02/26/25 @ Hannan | 21 |
Parkersburg Catholic lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Preston Randolph, who shot 58% from the field to rack up 17 points and six boards. His evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Landon Edwards, who went 8-for-13 on his way to 19 points.
It was another big night for Preston Luzader, who dropped a double-double with 36 points and 19 rebounds for Clay-Battelle. Luzader has been hot for a while, having posted 17 or more points the last 21 times he's played. Josiah Morgan was another key player, putting up nine points.
Parkersburg Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Clay-Battelle, they pushed their record up to 18-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Parkersburg Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Clay-Battelle, they will face off against East Hardy at 9:30 a.m. on March 20th. East Hardy will roll in looking for their 11th straight win, something Clay-Battelle surely won't give up without a fight.
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