Basketball Recap: Fair Grove Takes Down Ranked Strafford

On Monday, Fair Grove faced Strafford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Fair Grove Eagles put the hurt on the Strafford Indians with a sharp 65-40 win. 65 seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

Eagles

Previous 5 Games (Home)

02/03/25 vs Strafford	65-40
01/27/25 vs Hollister	83-33
01/24/25 vs Troy-Buchanan	62-58
12/30/24 vs Marshfield	62-48
12/28/24 vs Willard	54-31

Fair Grove's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Strafford, their loss dropped their record down to 14-7.

Fair Grove will face off against Springfield Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Springfield Catholic will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Fair Grove surely won't give up without a fight. Strafford has already played their next matchup (against Hollister), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.