The Pleasant Ridge Rams are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they will square off against the Horton Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pleasant Ridge is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing McLouth: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pleasant Ridge blew McLouth out of the water with a 70-38 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rams had established a 24 point advantage.
Pleasant Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Luke Heim out in front who went 5 for 8 on his way to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Mance, who went 5 of 8 en route to 15 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Horton hadn't done well against Hiawatha recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Horton snuck past Hiawatha with a 67-63 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chargers.
Pleasant Ridge's record is now 2-0. As for Horton, their record is now an identical 2-0.
Pleasant Ridge ended up a good deal behind Horton in their previous matchup back in February, losing 46-29. Can Pleasant Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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