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From Staff Reports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sooner or later, the Maranatha run that saw the Minutemen persevere through everything the postseason could throw at them was going to come to an end.<\/p>\n

For coach Tim Tucker and seniors Sean Espinosa, Terrance Lang, Jesse Elrod and others, they wish it hadn’t happened for at least a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

But Xavier Esquivel’s 21 points and a late bucket by Ronnie Strapp was enough, as the Drillers took down the Minutemen, 66-62, Wednesday night at Maranatha. in the first round of the CIF State Division 2 playoffs.<\/p>\n

Maranatha battled to the end, as usual, but this loss finally put an end to a playoff run most outside of the Minutemen gym didn’t see coming.<\/p>\n

Terrance Lang was enormous with 19 points and 8 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Chris Austin had 10 points and 5 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Sean Espinosa finished a terrific career at Maranatha with 9 points and 5 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Clayton Pruitt had 13, Tahj Wright 11 and Ronnie Strapp 8 for the Drillers, who move on to play No. 2 seed Esperanza on Saturday night..<\/p>\n

Maranatha scoring:<\/strong> Terrance Lang 19, Chris Austin 10, Sean Espinosa 9, Skyye DeCatur 9, Marcus Reedy 6, Tevan Kjudatyan 4, Jesse Elrod 3, Josh Kim 2<\/p>\n

Box Score:<\/strong>
\nBakersfield: 16-16-19-15-(66)
\nMaranatha: 12-17-20-13-(62)<\/p>\n

Records:<\/strong>
\nBakersfield 22-11; Maranatha 18-11.<\/p>\n

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