West Johnston lost against Cleveland back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The West Johnston Wildcats lost to the Cleveland Rams at home by a 60-44 margin. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 509th, while the Rams are ranked 81st).
West Johnston lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Josh Dyson, who posted seven points in addition to ten rebounds and seven blocks. Another player making a difference was Christian McFall, who put up ten points and five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for West Johnston and nudges their season record down to 1-6. As for Cleveland, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
West Johnston will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Cape Fear Christian Academy at 5:30 p.m. on December 26th. As for Cleveland, they will host Fuquay - Varina at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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