Basketball Recap: Five Straight Road Victories for Hopedale

By Team Reports Jan 23, 2025, 4:44pm

Basketball Recap: Hopedale Blue Raiders vs. Blackstone-Millville Chargers

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Nathan Rutkowski

Points (Career)

01/21/25 @ Blackstone-Millville17
01/07/25 vs Blackstone-Millville15
01/10/25 @ Sutton13
12/27/24 vs Wellesley10
01/14/25 vs Nipmuc Regional10

Hopedale extended their road winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Nathan Rutkowski. The Hopedale Blue Raiders blew past the Blackstone-Millville Chargers 67-40 on Tuesday thanks in part to Rutkowski, who posted 17 points. Those 17 points gave him a new career-high.

Hopedale's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Blackstone-Millville, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-6.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Hopedale will square off against Whitinsville Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopedale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.1 points per game this season. As for Blackstone-Millville, they will challenge Douglas at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Blackstone-Millville is facing Douglas at the right time seeing as Douglas is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.

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