The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Chatfield Gophers at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, everything went Zumbrota-Mazeppa's way against La Crescent as Zumbrota-Mazeppa made off with a 58-35 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Meanwhile, Chatfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 73-66 to Cotter, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Gophers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Ramblers are ranked 96th).
Zumbrota-Mazeppa's victory ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 7-10. As for Chatfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa couldn't quite finish off Chatfield when the teams last played back in February of 2024 and fell 75-72. Can Zumbrota-Mazeppa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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