The Walsh Jesuit Warriors are taking a road trip to square off against the Garfield Community Learning Center Golden Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Walsh Jesuit came up into this matchup off a tough 21-point loss on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Cuyahoga Falls by a score of 28-25 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Warriors have suffered since January 10, 2024.
| 01/27/25 vs Cuyahoga Falls | 8 |
| 11/30/24 @ Hathaway Brown | 6 |
| 01/18/25 vs St. Francis DeSales | 5 |
| 11/24/24 vs Ursuline | 4 |
| 01/15/25 @ Canton Central Catholic | 3 |
Despite the loss, Walsh Jesuit saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Kara Esterak posted nine points and eight steals. The dominant performance gave Esterak a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kami Digennaro, who put up ten points.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Garfield Community Learning Center's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 53-32 to Ellet. While losing is never fun, the Golden Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Orangemen are ranked 153rd).
Walsh Jesuit dropped their record down to 8-8 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Garfield Community Learning Center, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
