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Tye Morrison tallied a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Nikko Rodriguez contributed with 14 points and Ben George tallied nine points.
Faith Christian will face off against Western Sierra on Tuesday in what will likely be a game where the winner will receive a playoff bid.
BOYS SOCCER Colusa 5, Los Molinos 1 At Los Molinos – The Colusa boys soccer team made the trip up to Los Molinos on Thursday and came away with a 5-1 league victory.
Colusa would jump on the scoreboard fast with their first goal going in at the one minute mark on a shot by midfielder, Dominic Garcia, unassisted.
Next for Colusa was forward Alejandro Rico booting in the Redhawks second goal at the 16 minute mark, assisted by fullback Jesus Hernandez.
Colusa now stands at 9-4-3 in league play and are 10-4-3 overall. The Redhawks will be very busy next week, with four more league games including Tuesday’s match at Esparto and Wednesday’s match at Redding Christian.
structure in NASCAR. Realistically, there’s only a handful of guys who are going to be in this situation, so it makes sense to parse through them.
Kyle Busch is currently the best driver in NASCAR, even if some fans won’t like to hear that, and he’s also made every final since 2015. Kevin Harvick has also made every championship race but one since 2014 – it’s fairly safe to count both of those guys in. Then you have Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Elliott, Keselowski and maybe few others vying for the final two spots. Logano deserves one of them coming off his first Cup Series championship, and you can whittle it down to Truex or Elliott for the final one. At that point, even though I believe Truex is the superior driver at this point in their careers, give me Elliott. Why? Truex might struggle at first adjusting to his new life at Joe Gibbs Racing, and Elliott is the undisputed top man for a Hendrick Motorsports team that isn’t accustomed to losing. Prediction: Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott 2019 CUP SERIES
CHAMPION: Now for the biggie. If the above was our Wake Forest
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So who to go for? I’d rule Elliott out first just on the basis on inexperience, although he hasn’t been bad at Homestead in three career trips. Next I’d count out Logano – back-to-back titles isn’t something that Justin Thomas Rickie Fowler Harold Varner III Martin Laird J.T. Poston Tyrrell Hatton Byeong-hun An Bubba Watson Scott Piercy Charley Hoffman David Hearn Emiliano Grillo Webb Simpson Andrew Landry Cameron Smith Matt Kuchar Nick Watney Brian Gay Trey Mullinax Matthew Wolff Tom Hoge John Huh Branden Grace Jon Rahm Xander Schauffele Ollie Schniederjans Ryan Palmer Freddie Jacobson Keegan Bradley Grayson Murray Kevin Na Morgan Hoffmann Gary Woodland Phil Mickelson Hideki Matsuyama Russell Henley Bud Cauley comes easily, and even though Truex came close this year, we all saw how that turned out. Which brings it back to Harvick and Busch (again). In that circumstance, I’m riding with who I believe is more willing to do whatever it takes to win their second championship. After three straight years of coming up short, Busch will finally put the full season together and win his second NASCAR Cup Series title. Prediction: Kyle Busch.