Preview: Bishop Stang Spartans vs. Old Rochester Regional Bulldogs
Bishop Stang and Old Rochester Regional are an even 3-3 against one another since February of 2016, but not for long. The Bishop Stang Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Old Rochester Regional Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Bishop Stang will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Massachusetts Rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while Old Rochester Regional is ranked 18th).
After a string of five wins, Bishop Stang's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell 61-49 to Somerset Berkley Regional.
In what's become a running theme this season, Old Rochester Regional gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They put the hurt on Somerset Berkley Regional with a sharp 71-51 win. Old Rochester Regional pushed the score to 56-32 by the end of the third, a deficit Somerset Berkley Regional cut but never quite recovered from.
Bishop Stang's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5. As for Old Rochester Regional, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Bishop Stang lost to Old Rochester Regional on the road by a decisive 71-55 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Bishop Stang avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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