Norwood-Norfolk is 1-9 against St. Lawrence Central since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Norwood-Norfolk Flyers will host the St. Lawrence Central Larries at 7:00 p.m.
Norwood-Norfolk is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 19th straight game dating back to last season two weeks ago. They were beaten by Alexandria Central 54-25. One positive for the Flyers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, St. Lawrence Central hadn't done well against Madrid-Waddington recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. St. Lawrence Central snuck past Madrid-Waddington with a 66-62 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Larries.
St. Lawrence Central had a senior duo take command as Ayden Beach almost dropped a triple-double on 18 points, 11 rebounds, and nine steals and Damien Ashley went 7 for 12 en route to 20 points and six steals. Beach's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Carl Moore was another key player, going 5 of 12 on his way to 11 points and three steals.
St. Lawrence Central's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Norwood-Norfolk, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Norwood-Norfolk was dealt a bruising 93-20 loss at the hands of St. Lawrence Central in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Beach, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten steals. Now that Norwood-Norfolk knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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