BOULDER — Ralston Valley gave up a monster lead but was able to hang on for a 50-45 victory over Silver Creek Saturday at Fairview High School.

The win was the second of three games the Mustangs played in the Fairview Tournament last week.

And while the Ralston Valley didn’t win the tournament they played very well, which included pushing Broomfield, the No. 1 ranked team in 4A girls’ hoops.

In addition, their performance should keep them ranked, as Ralston Valley found themselves the No. 10 team in 5A last week.

But against Silver Creek the Mustangs were dominant — at least in the first half. Ralston Valley got off to a 19-6 first quarter lead and took a 36-15 lead into halftime.

Freshman Ashley VanSickle scored 19 points and senior Amanda Lefholz scored 10 points for the Mustangs.

However, most of those points game in the first half and the power went out in the second. After scoring 36 first half points Ralston Valley scored only three total points in the third quarter.

Luckily, the Mustangs were a little better in the final quarter and even though they were outscored 19-11 they managed to hang on for the victory.

“We do have four seniors but we are still a young team. We will continue to work and continue to get better,” Ralston Valley coach Jeff Gomer said.

The Mustangs (4-2) have six combined freshman and sophomores, including VanSickle who shined on Saturday.

Ralston Valley opened the tournament with an 82-31 victory over Prairie View, before falling to Broomfield 67-41. In the loss to No. 1 Broomfield the Mustangs fell behind early but rallied for a much improved second half.

Ralston Valley will play at Columbine, Friday at 7 p.m.