Basketball Game Preview: Dymally Challengers vs. Locke Saints

Dymally and Locke are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2018, but not for long. The Dymally Challengers will head out on the road to face off against the Locke Saints at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Dymally is looking for their season's first win.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 59-22, which was the final score in Dymally's tilt against View Park on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Challengers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 1317th, while the Knights are ranked 648th).

Meanwhile, Locke came into Wednesday's matchup having lost six straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 47-12 victory over Port of Los Angeles. The Saints pushed the score to 45-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Polar Bears cut but never quite recovered from.

Dymally's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Locke, their win bumped their record up to 4-7.

Dymally took a serious blow against Locke in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 66-27. Can Dymally avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.