Golden Eagles girls get revenge on Central East, another TRAC showdown looms
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- Clovis West beat Central East 50-43 after a late 7-0 run to reclaim momentum.
- Clovis West controls TRAC fate: win next three games and secure outright conference title.
- Clovis and Clovis West meet in key Tuesday clash as both teams sit 6-1 in TRAC.
The Clovis West girls basketball team got revenge on Central East last week, coming away with a 50-43 victory in a Tri-River Athletic Conference matchup.
As expected, though, both teams went back and forth early on.
The Bengals ended up taking a 21-20 lead in the second quarter before the Golden Eagles built a 26-21 lead at halftime.
Clovis West had built a nine-point lead in the second half before Central East rallied and tied the game at 38 with 5 minutes remaining.
The Golden Eagles went on a 7-0 run to pull away.
Clovis West’s win is significant and puts them in position to come away with an outright TRAC title by winning the next three games, including Friday’s showdown against Clovis.
The Cougars are tied with the Golden Eagles at 6-1 in the TRAC and could do the same with a win as well.
Clovis lost to Clovis West 54-50 on Jan. 20.
Buchanan boys surprised in loss to Clovis
It didn’t go the way Buchanan would have liked.
Clovis can argue that.
The Cougars protected home court and upset the Bears 77-69 on Jan. 27.
The loss sent Buchanan into a two-way tie in first place with Clovis North at 6-1.
The Bears will face the Broncos at 6:30 p.m. Friday, but not before facing Clovis West on Tuesday in another key TRAC matchup.
