If Civic Memorial was riding high fresh off their 69-32 takedown of East Alton-Wood River on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Civic Memorial Eagles were just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 50-49 to the Centralia Orphans. The Eagles lost against the Orphans in their previous head to head back in November of 2022, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 58-30 score last time.
When it comes to explaining why Civic Memorial lost, don't look at Adam Ogden. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Lamb, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Civic Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Centralia, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Civic Memorial has already played their next game (against Centralia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Centralia has already played their next contest (against Civic Memorial), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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