The Ridgevue Warhawks will head out on the road to challenge the Meridian Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ridgevue has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 187 points over their last three matches.
Ridgevue fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Kuna on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 73-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Kavemen. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (59), the Warhawks still had to take the loss.
| 12/17/24 vs Kuna | 33 |
| 11/30/23 vs Skyview | 22 |
| 01/11/24 @ Skyview | 16 |
| 02/10/24 vs Columbia | 16 |
| 12/10/24 vs Minico | 15 |
Ridgevue might have lost, but man, Myra Martinez was a machine: she went 10 for 24 on her way to 33 points. The dominant performance gave Martinez a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hollund Miller, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten boards.
Meanwhile, Meridian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They took a blow against Owyhee, falling 66-37. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Storm are ranked first).
Ridgevue's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Meridian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Ridgevue strolled past Meridian when the teams last played on Thursday by a score of 59-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ridgevue since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps