The Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains will venture away from home to take on the Lakota Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopewell-Loudon is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
On Wednesday, Hopewell-Loudon came up short against Calvert and fell 54-47. While losing is never fun, the Chieftains can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 597th, while the Senecas are ranked 262nd).
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Lakota's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took a 40-32 hit to the loss column at the hands of Danbury. While the Raiders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lakers 10-4 in the first quarter.
Lakota's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8. As for Hopewell-Loudon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-12.
Hopewell-Loudon couldn't quite finish off Lakota when the teams last played back in December of 2024 and fell 35-33. Can Hopewell-Loudon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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