Small Schools: Cascia Hall/ Metro Christian, Wellston/Riverfield

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To start off the week, I watched Wellston take on Riverfield Country Day School. These two small schools battled it out, but Riverfield won by a hefty margin. Coming off of a good ranked win against Class 2A Minco, who is ranked #11, Wellston looked to keep the momentum going, but they could not. Riverfield was up 40-20 at halftime and won 78-39. The next game featured two highly ranked 3A schools, being Cascia Hall and Metro Christian. Metro Christian hit the road to play at Cascia hall and pulled out the victory. It was close for most of the game, but they ended up pulling away towards the end. This game featured two teams that execute at a high level. They were solid defensively and extremely good offensively. It was a game that was a treat to watch. A week that featured a blowout and a close battle of ranked teams, lets find out what players showed up to play.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":1802119,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Chance Sanders","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2023","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'1u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77245","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Wellston","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Chance Sanders had a good all around game and was one of the few bright spots in a tough day for Wellston. 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