The Bad Axe Hatchets will venture away from home to challenge the Reese Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Bad Axe has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Reese will come in with four straight wins.
Bad Axe came up short against Cass City on Tuesday, falling 46-23. While losing is never fun, the Hatchets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Red Hawks are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Reese's strategy against Vassar on Tuesday. Reese blew past Vassar 46-25.
Reese pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Bad Axe, they now have a losing record at 2-3-1.
Bad Axe skirted past Reese 36-33 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Will Bad Axe repeat their success, or does Reese have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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