The West Branch Warriors will challenge the Canfield Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. West Branch is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
West Branch is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They snuck past West Geauga with a 44-39 win.
Meanwhile, Canfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Quakers as they made off with a 47-23 victory. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th in Ohio, while the Quakers are ranked 524th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Branch pushed their record up to 13-11 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.7 points over those games. As for Canfield, their victory bumped their record up to 20-4.
West Branch came up short against Canfield in their previous matchup back in January, falling 50-41. Can West Branch avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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