Vermilion and Brookside are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2015, but not for long. The Vermilion Sailors will welcome the Brookside Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Vermilion turned things around against Willard on Saturday. They managed a 42-37 victory over the Crimson Flashes. The squad ran away with 28 points in the first half and mostly just sat on those to pick up the win.
Vermilion relied on the efforts of Mason Cooper, who went 7 of 14 en route to 19 points and five boards, and Brock Meyers, who posted 14 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Hooks, who earned four points.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Brookside, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 74-66 victory over Keystone on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cardinals' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Wildcats are ranked 169th).
Brookside pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 82.5 points per game. As for Vermilion, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7.
Vermilion might still be hurting after the 69-46 loss they got from Brookside when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Vermilion was down 38-15.
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