Columbus was the 51-49 winner over Deerfield when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Columbus Cardinals were just a bucket shy of victory on Monday and fell 45-44 to the Deerfield Demons. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while the Demons are ranked 90th).
Columbus dropped their record down to 8-15 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Deerfield, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 21-3.
Columbus does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Deerfield, they will challenge Palmyra-Eagle at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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