Basketball Recap: Thornton Fractional North Skates Past Richards with Ease

Thornton Fractional North had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 32-point drubbing they dealt Richards on Tuesday. The Thornton Fractional North Meteors blew past the Richards Bulldogs, posting a 67-35 win. Given the Meteors' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 536th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meteors

Previous 3 Games

01/14/25 @ Richards	67-35
01/12/25 vs Dyett	41-38
01/09/25 vs Blue Island Eisenhower	70-62

The victory (which was Thornton Fractional North's third in a row) raised their record to 9-6. As for Richards, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-13.

Thornton Fractional North will venture away from home to square off against Shepard at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Thornton Fractional North is facing Shepard at the right time seeing as Shepard is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Richards has already played their next matchup (against Jones), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.