South Range defeats Perry and advances to the district final to take on Cardinal Mooney.
Even though the South Range Raiders basketball club has never played the Perry Pirates, they are fully aware of their identity. In the last two years, the two schools have played each other in the football regional finals.
Even though the South Range Raiders basketball club has never played the Perry Pirates, they are fully aware of their identity. In the last two years, the two schools have played each other in the football regional finals.
In their 58-49 triumph over the Pirates, the 12-seed Raiders sought some little measure of retribution for their November football defeat. With the win, the Raiders’ season record now stands at 18-6, and they will play in the district final on Friday, where they will play the Salem Cardinals, led by Cardinal Mooney. The tip-off time is 7:00 p.m.
For them, it was a horrible loss. We therefore realized that we had to exact revenge on them. Football wide receiver Gaven Nagy, a junior forward, said, “We were excited to play them and knew we had to come out strong tonight.” “We felt somewhat satisfied by it.”
Raiders head coach Pat Carden stated, “They didn’t necessarily say anything, but you know it was in the back of their minds, there was no doubt about it.” That is something they will remember. These individuals believed that the winner of the football game would be the state champion. Without a doubt, our lads wanted a little payback. Even though they didn’t say it out loud, they did.
The Raiders had never been able to win a district championship, but this win provides them an opportunity to do so.
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