Preview: East Columbus Gators vs. West Columbus Vikings
East Columbus is 9-1 against West Columbus since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The East Columbus Gators will head out on the road to square off against the West Columbus Vikings at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Columbus has ten straight wins, West Columbus has 34 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Columbus stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They really took it to Heide Trask for the full four quarters, racking up a 61-18 win at home. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point East Columbus had established a 25 point advantage.
East Columbus' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Malia J. Graham, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Destiney Mitchell, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, West Columbus took a serious blow against Pender on Tuesday, falling 54-16. West Columbus has not had much luck with Pender recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
East Columbus' win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1. As for West Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.
Everything came up roses for East Columbus against West Columbus in their previous matchup back in January as the squad secured a 65-10 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Columbus since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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