The Lapeer Lightning will head out on the road to square off against the Heritage Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lapeer will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings (they are ranked 414th, while Heritage is ranked 29th).
Last Thursday, Lapeer suffered a rough 72-51 defeat at the hands of Dow. Lapeer was down 58-37 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Heritage waltzed into their contest last Friday with five straight wins but they left with six. They came out on top against Carman-Ainsworth by a score of 67-57. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Lapeer has not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season. As for Heritage, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Lapeer might still be hurting after the 70-48 loss they got from Heritage when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Lapeer avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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