The Lakeside Dragons will head out on the road to square off against the Pymatuning Valley Lakers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lakeside is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 21-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Saturday, Lakeside had to suffer through a rough 48-20 loss at the hands of Perry. While losing is never fun, Lakeside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 720th, while Perry is ranked 210th).
Meanwhile, Pymatuning Valley unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 39-30 to Maplewood. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Pymatuning Valley has scored all season.
Lakeside's loss dropped their record down to 1-19. As for Pymatuning Valley, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7.
Things could have been worse for Lakeside, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 59-40 loss to Pymatuning Valley in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. Can Lakeside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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