Basketball Recap: Smithsburg Comes Up Short

If Smithsburg was feeling good fresh off their 76-50 takedown of Catoctin last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Smithsburg Leopards took a 42-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Walkersville Lions on Friday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Leopards of the 57-43 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in February.

Smithsburg dropped their record down to 1-4 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Walkersville, they now have a winning record of 3-2.

Smithsburg will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Boonsboro at 7:00 p.m. on January 2, 2025. Walkersville also won't see the court for a while: their next game is against Brunswick on January 3, 2025.