Spencer hasn't had much luck against Columbus Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Spencer Rockets will head out to challenge the Columbus Catholic Dons at 7:15 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-10, which was the final score in Spencer's tilt against Neillsville on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Warriors are ranked 15th).
Alexa Weber was Spencer's leading scorer, having posted four points. Hannah Schreiner held things down on the boards with six rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, Columbus Catholic suffered their closest defeat since February 23, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Gilman by a score of 63-60. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Dons have suffered against the Pirates since January 25, 2019.
Columbus Catholic's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Spencer, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 7-6.
Spencer couldn't quite finish off Columbus Catholic in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 and fell 37-35. Can Spencer avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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