The Rural Retreat Indians will square off against the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Marion took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Rural Retreat, who comes in off a win.
Rural Retreat took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They snuck past Rye Cove with a 39-33 victory.
Meanwhile, Marion lost 61-35 to George Wythe two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Scarlet Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Maroons are ranked 34th).
Marion now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Rural Retreat, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
Rural Retreat won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting on December 3rd, slipping by Marion 25-24. Will Rural Retreat repeat their success, or does Marion have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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