The East Palestine Bulldogs will take on the Western Reserve Blue Devils at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. East Palestine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.4 points per game this season.
East Palestine will bounce into Saturday's game after beating Southern, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. East Palestine enjoyed a cozy 67-50 victory over Southern on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Will Dixon
| 02/12/25 @ Southern | 7 |
| 02/11/25 vs Rootstown | 1 |
| 02/10/25 @ Springfield | 5 |
| 02/04/25 @ Leetonia | 3 |
| 02/01/25 vs Southern | 4 |
| + 14 more games |
East Palestine got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Will Dixon out in front who went 6-for-10 on his way to 12 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. That's the most boards Dixon has posted since back in December of 2024. Kyler Bourne was another key player, going 8-for-13 to rack up 16 points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve didn't have quite enough to beat Springfield on Thursday and fell 51-49. The Blue Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Western Reserve's defeat dropped their record down to 12-9. As for East Palestine, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
East Palestine was dealt a bruising 94-48 loss at the hands of Western Reserve in their previous meeting back in December of 2016. Can East Palestine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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