Canal Winchester and Groveport-Madison are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Canal Winchester Indians will welcome the Groveport-Madison Cruisers at 7:30 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.
Canal Winchester played in conference for the first time on Tuesday and they got just the result they we're looking for. They walked away with a 63-56 victory over Lancaster. The win was all the more spectacular given the Indians' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Golden Gales are ranked 251st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Groveport-Madison). They blew past Logan, posting a 76-47 victory. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Cruisers with their most commanding win of the season.
Canal Winchester's win ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-7. As for Groveport-Madison, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-4.
Canal Winchester was dealt a bruising 72-40 loss at the hands of Groveport-Madison when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Canal Winchester avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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