The Ragsdale Tigers and the Bishop McGuinness Villains will compete for holiday cheer at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ragsdale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.9 points per game this season.
Ragsdale will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 21) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Grimsley 34-32. While the Tigers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Ragsdale got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Aaliya Boddie out in front who posted ten points. Another player making a difference was Marlei Williams, who earned eight points.
Meanwhile, Bishop McGuinness put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Southeast Alamance by a score of 53-45.
Ragsdale better keep an eye on Adelaide Jernigan. She was instrumental in Bishop McGuinness' win, dropping a double-double on 29 points and 12 boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which Jernigan has scored at least a third of Bishop McGuinness' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Claire Sullivan, who had ten points.
Bishop McGuinness' victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Ragsdale, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 7-2.
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