Basketball Recap: Orange County's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Friday

Orange County won the last time they faced Louisa County and things went their way on Friday too. The Orange County Fighting Hornets took down the Louisa County Lions 62-48. Given the Fighting Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Lions are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fighting Hornets

Previous 2 Games

01/17/25 vs Louisa County	62-48
01/16/25 vs Goochland	63-23

The victory made it two in a row for Orange County and bumps their season record up to 9-3. As for Louisa County, they dropped their record down to 1-13 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Orange County won't have much time to rest: their next game is against William Monroe at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. William Monroe will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Orange County surely won't give up without a fight. Louisa County has already played their next match (against Western Albemarle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.