Preview: Westlake Wolverines vs. Leonardtown Raiders
The Westlake Wolverines will be playing in front of their home fans against the Leonardtown Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Westlake comes in on seven and Leonardtown on four.
Even though North Point scored an imposing 60 points on Friday, Westlake still came out on top. Westlake managed a 65-60 victory over North Point.
Ethan Relf went supernova for Westlake, scoring 16 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Relf has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Darian Canty, who scored 12 points along with two steals.
Leonardtown only won by two when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 20-point they dealt Calvert on Wednesday. Leonardtown blew past Calvert 68-48. Given Leonardtown's advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Calvert is ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Westlake is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. As for Leonardtown, they pushed their record up to 14-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Westlake came up short against Leonardtown in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, falling 67-62. Can Westlake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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