North Ridgeville triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Grace Kingery

By Team Reports Feb 18, 2024, 1:37pm

Recap: North Ridgeville Rangers vs. Hoover Vikings

The North Ridgeville Rangers had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They came out on top against Hoover by a score of 58-45. Given North Ridgeville's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Hoover is ranked 373rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Grace Kingery was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 31 points and nine rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of North Ridgeville's points. Another player making a difference was Brooke Lime, who scored 16 points along with five assists.

North Ridgeville is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Hoover, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-18.

North Ridgeville will stay at home for another game and welcome Rocky River at 7:00 p.m. on February 22nd. Hopefully Rocky River focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 last Wednesday. Hoover does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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