The Rancho Cotate Cougars will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Petaluma Trojans  at 7:00  p.m.  on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rancho Cotate has seven straight  victories, Petaluma has six straight  losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
While Rancho Cotate didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Novato by a score of  67-60  on Saturday. Given the Cougars' advantage  in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings  (they are ranked 152nd, while the Hornets are ranked 825th), the result  wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 12/28/24 vs Novato | 37 | 
| 12/27/24 vs Casa Grande | 28 | 
| 12/21/24 vs Technology | 15 | 
| 12/20/24 vs Sonoma Valley | 37 | 
| 12/14/24 @ Credo | 22 | 
 It was another big night for  Adam Pengel, who  went 14 of 25  on his way to 37  points. His evening made it seven games in a row in which  he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of  Decimus Shaw, who  posted 14 points.
 Meanwhile, Petaluma fought the good fight in their overtime  matchup against St. Vincent de Paul  last Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took  a  51-39 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mustangs.
 Rancho Cotate pushed their record up to 8-1 with the  win, which was their fourth straight  at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as  they  averaged 74.3 points per game. As for Petaluma, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
 Rancho Cotate lost to Petaluma on the road  by a decisive  53-34 margin  in their previous matchup  back in December of 2022. Can Rancho Cotate avenge their  loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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