On Tuesday, Essex faced St. Johnsbury Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Essex Hornets lost 87-61 to the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Essex's defeat dropped their record down to 6-15. As for St. Johnsbury Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Essex will be playing at home against Bellows Free Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Essex is facing Bellows Free Academy at the right time seeing as Bellows Free Academy is stuck on a four-game losing streak. St. Johnsbury Academy has already played their next game (against Rice Memorial), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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