The Pioneer Pioneers and the Ferndale Eagles will round out the year against one another at 9:20 a.m. on Thursday at. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Wednesday, Pioneer took a serious blow against Perrysburg, falling 63-33. While losing is never fun, Pioneer can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 289th in Michigan, while Perrysburg is ranked 129th in Ohio).
Meanwhile, Ferndale lost to Dakota at home by a decisive 60-44 margin on Saturday. Ferndale has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Demi Bolton, who scored 12 points along with eight steals. Those 12 points set a new season-high mark for her. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaliyah Frost, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and four steals.
Pioneer's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Ferndale, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
