Basketball Recap: Marion Local Makes It Ten in a Row at Home

Marion Local won the last time they faced Fort Loramie and things went their way on Saturday too. The Marion Local Flyers took down the Fort Loramie Redskins 43-28. Given the Flyers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Redskins are ranked 411th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fort Loramie lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Maxwell Maurer, who posted seven points. Eli Heitkamp was another key player, putting up seven points.

Flyers

Previous Games (Home)

02/01/25 vs Fort Loramie	43-28
01/28/25 vs Fort Recovery	46-38
01/24/25 vs New Bremen	54-36
01/19/25 vs Maumee Valley Country Day	62-40
01/11/25 vs Van Wert	51-37
+ 5 more games

Marion Local pushed their record up to 17-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Fort Loramie, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-11.

Marion Local will look to defend their home court on Friday against Coldwater at 7:00 p.m. Coldwater will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Marion Local surely won't give up without a fight. As for Fort Loramie, they will head out to face off against New Knoxville at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Loramie is facing New Knoxville at the right time seeing as New Knoxville is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.