The Southeast Whitfield County Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Ringgold Tigers at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Southeast Whitfield County is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-34, which was the final score in Southeast Whitfield County's tilt against Woodland on Tuesday.
Even though Ringgold has not done well against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Ringgold walked away with a 51-39 victory over Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. Given Ringgold's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe is ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Southeast Whitfield County bumped their record down to 2-7 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Ringgold, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
Southeast Whitfield County took a serious blow against Ringgold in their previous matchup back in November, falling 67-37. The matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Southeast Whitfield County was down 31-11.
