Preview: Heritage Christian Patriots vs. Reimer Road Baptist Christian Golden Eagles
Heritage Christian is 1-9 against Reimer Road Baptist Christian since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Heritage Christian Patriots will look to defend their home court against the Reimer Road Baptist Christian Golden Eagles at 6:30 p.m. Heritage Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 775th, while Reimer Road Baptist Christian is ranked 232nd).
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 69-37, which was the final score in Heritage Christian's tilt against Christian Community on Tuesday. Heritage Christian has not had much luck with Christian Community recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Reimer Road Baptist Christian came tearing into Saturday's game with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Non Varsity Opponent 74-29 on the road. Reimer Road Baptist Christian has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 29 points or more this season.
Heritage Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Reimer Road Baptist Christian, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
Heritage Christian might still be hurting after the 68-42 defeat they got from Reimer Road Baptist Christian in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Heritage Christian was down 40-17.
