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				 In the seventh grade contest, the Crusaders pulled out a 
				43-29 victory, with a balanced scoring effort, led by Trent 
				Koehler with 17 points, Andrew Graue with 15 and Drew McCray 
				with 11. The win moved the Crusaders to 9-4 on the season. 
				 
				In the 8th grade contest, which matched up the state champions 
				from last year, in the Knights from Epiphany, with the Crusaders 
				from CCS/NHM/ZLS, who finished 2nd in the state. The game did 
				not fail to live up to its hype. In a close game, the Crusaders 
				failed to pull out the victory, ultimately losing by a score of 
				49-46.  
				 
				The Crusaders had one last chance to tie the game after Dylan 
				Singleton stole an in-bounds pass and dribbled out to shoot an 
				unbalanced 3-pointer as time expired. The Crusaders were led in 
				scoring by Singleton with 25 points. Rounding out the scoring 
				was Andrew Graue with nine, Jared Helton with five, Trent 
				Koehler with four and Nathan Fulscher with three. The Crusaders 
				drop their first game of the season and fall to 12-1. 
				 
				We will travel to Springfield to play Blessed Sacrament Tuesday 
				(today) with the seventh-graders kicking things off at 6 p.m.  
			[Andy Fitzpatrick] 
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