Basketball Recap: New Riegel Beats Hopewell-Loudon for Their Fifth Straight Win

New Riegel hadn't done well against Hopewell-Loudon recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. The New Riegel Blue Jackets took down the Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains 37-22. The 37-point effort marked the Blue Jackets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Blue Jackets

Previous 5 Games

01/04/25 @ Hopewell-Loudon	37-22
12/21/24 vs Carey	58-51
12/19/24 @ Danbury	75-32
12/13/24 vs Woodmore	64-56
12/10/24 @ St. Mary Central Catholic	64-43

The win (which was New Riegel's fifth in a row) raised their record to 7-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.6 points per game. As for Hopewell-Loudon, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

New Riegel will take on Lakota at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Hopewell-Loudon, they will head out on the road to take on Old Fort at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Old Fort has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.