The Brunswick Blue Devils will challenge the Shaker Heights Red Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brunswick has three straight victories, Shaker Heights has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Brunswick will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Hudson, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. The Blue Devils narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Explorers 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-94) Brunswick actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Shaker Heights came up short against Garfield Heights on Monday, falling 3-0.
Shaker Heights was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19, 25-21.
Brunswick's victory bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Shaker Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Brunswick's way against Shaker Heights in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Brunswick made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Blue Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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