The Castle View Sabercats and the Eaglecrest Raptors squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but sadly the Castle View Sabercats had to settle for second. They took a 59-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raptors. While losing is never fun, Castle View can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Eaglecrest is ranked ninth).
Castle View's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Vitorio Dante, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Dante hasn't dropped below 15 points for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Evan Mckean, who scored 13 points along with three steals.
Ladavian King was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 25 points and 13 rebounds for Eaglecrest. That makes it four consecutive games in which King has scored at least a third of Eaglecrest's points. The team also got some help courtesy of La'quince York, who scored eight points.
Castle View has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season. As for Eaglecrest, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-7.
Castle View does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Eaglecrest, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Ralston Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Ralston Valley will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Eaglecrest surely won't give up without a fight.
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