After a string of four wins, the Newman AA Cardinals's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Winchendon by a score of 78-75. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (66), Newman AA still had to take the loss.
Newman AA lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Chase Geremiah, who scored 17 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Norris, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds.
Newman AA's loss ended a eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-4. As for Winchendon, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5.
Newman AA didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 121-112 loss vs. Putnam Vo-Tech/Sci-Tech on the 17th. Winchendon will be playing in front of their home fans against St. Thomas More at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Winchendon has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 288 points over their last four matches.
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