Salt Fork hasn't had much luck against St. Joseph-Ogden recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Salt Fork Storm are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans at 4:00 p.m. Salt Fork is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Last Thursday, Salt Fork made easy work of Armstrong and carried off a 51-31 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-6.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph-Ogden played a tough game on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by Teutopolis and fell 65-30. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while the Wooden Shoes are ranked 31st).
Salt Fork's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points per game. As for St. Joseph-Ogden, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.
Salt Fork suffered a grim 61-37 defeat to St. Joseph-Ogden when the teams last played back in February of 2019. Can Salt Fork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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