It was a proper cat-fight when Van Wert duked it out with Parkway on Monday. The Van Wert Cougars fell 50-38 to the Parkway Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 568th, while the Panthers are ranked 204th).

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Several Cougars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Katie Deamicis, who went 5-for-10 to rack up 14 points. Deamicis is also on a roll when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy, as she's posted one of at least 50% in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Kendra Deehring, who went 5-for-8 en route to 10 points in addition to six boards and five assists.
Van Wert dropped their record down to 3-18 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Parkway, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-5.
Van Wert has already played their next matchup, a 49-37 loss against Shawnee on the 6th. As for Parkway, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 42-31 defeat against St. Henry on the 6th.
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