Basketball Recap: Perry Takes a Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Perry can now relate to. They were dealt a 78-46 defeat at the hands of the Westerville North Warriors on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Warriors are ranked third).

Several Panthers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Preston Dazey, who posted seven points and five rebounds. Luke Wolf was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with 11 points and nine boards.

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

03/21/25 vs Westerville North	46-78
03/16/25 vs North Royalton	66-63
03/08/25 vs Shaker Heights	57-43
03/06/25 vs Harding	52-51
03/01/25 @ Solon	52-51

With the loss, Perry broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-14. As for Westerville North, the win (which was their 24th in a row) raised their record to 25-2.

As of now, neither Perry nor Westerville North have any future games scheduled.