Largo and Clearwater Central Catholic are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2019, but not for long. The Largo Packers will take on the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Largo is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Largo is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Clearwater on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Largo had to suffer through a 85-17 loss at the hands of Clearwater. While losing is never fun, the Packers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 402nd, while the Tornadoes are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Clearwater Central Catholic's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 44-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of Calvary Christian. The game marked the Marauders' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Clearwater Central Catholic's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4. As for Largo, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Largo was dealt a bruising 58-31 defeat at the hands of Clearwater Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clearwater Central Catholic's Emme Dalhoff, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 12 assists. Now that Largo knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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