Basketball Recap: Harleton Skates Past Ore City with Ease

Wildcats

Previous 3 Games

01/17/25 vs Ore City	54-8
01/14/25 @ Linden-Kildare	39-30
01/11/25 @ Big Sandy	54-24

Harleton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Ore City Rebels 54-8. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 743rd, while the Rebels are ranked 1552nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Harleton is also on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.6 points per game. As for Ore City, they dropped their record down to 1-23 with the loss, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Harleton has already played their next contest (against McLeod), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Ore City has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Big Sandy.