The East Dragons are on the road again on Tuesday and plays the Canfield Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on February 27th. East will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 609th, while Canfield is ranked 44th).
Last Saturday, East had to suffer through a rough 87-39 loss at the hands of Strongsville. That's two games in a row now that East has lost by exactly 48 points.
Meanwhile, Canfield entered their tilt with East Liverpool with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Canfield came out on top against East Liverpool by a score of 66-56 on Thursday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Canfield's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ben Weaver, who scored 23 points, and Sam Castronova, who scored 20 points. Castronova continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Drew Shapiro was another key contributor, scoring no points along with 13 assists and three steals.
East dropped their record down to 4-16 with that loss, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Canfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
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