If Santa Paula was feeling good fresh off their 83-60 takedown of Bishop Diego last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Santa Paula Cardinals fell just short of the Sanger Apaches by a score of 65-63 on Friday. 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 414th, while the Apaches are ranked 147th).
Santa Paula's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Sanger, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Santa Paula Cardinals challenge the Kerman Lions at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Santa Paula's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. As for Sanger, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Lemoore at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lemoore will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Sanger surely won't give up without a fight.
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