The Bard Early College Raptors will take on the Maple Heights Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bard Early College will be strutting in after a win while Maple Heights will be coming in after a defeat.
Bard Early College will head into Tuesday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 24-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against John Adams, sneaking past 32-30.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 59-10, which was the final score in Maple Heights' tilt against Warrensville Heights on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 606th, while the Tigers are ranked 87th).
Bard Early College's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Maple Heights, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-8.
Bard Early College took a serious blow against Maple Heights in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, falling 63-19. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bard Early College was down 36-11.
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