Firestone hasn't had much luck against Ellet recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. Having just played yesterday, the Firestone Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the Ellet Orangemen at 6:30 p.m. Firestone has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Firestone will head into Monday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point loss in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against East on Monday. Firestone blew past East 54-23. The Falcons pushed the score to 52-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Dragons cut but never quite recovered from.
Firestone got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Mariah Richards out in front who posted ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Whiting, who put up 13 points.
Meanwhile, Ellet came tearing into Monday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 75-23 win over the Vikings. Given the Orangemen's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Vikings are ranked 742nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ellet has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Firestone, their victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 6-9.
Firestone took a serious blow against Ellet in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 64-8. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Firestone was down 39-7.
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