There's no place like home for the Ridgewood Rebels, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Friday. They walked away with a 65-57 victory over Francis W. Parker on Tuesday. Given Ridgewood's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 321st, while Francis W. Parker is ranked 645th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Francis W. Parker's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Miles Johnson, who scored 21 points along with five rebounds and three steals, and Connor Elligan who scored 19 points. Another player making a difference was Calan Scherer, who scored seven points along with six rebounds.
Ridgewood has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-12 record this season. As for Francis W. Parker, they dropped their record down to 2-20 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Ridgewood will be playing at home against Elmwood Park at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Ridgewood's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matchups. As for Francis W. Parker, they will head out on the road to face off against Timothy Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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