The Elyria Catholic Panthers will challenge the Laurel Gators at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Elyria Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They really took it to Hubbard for the full four quarters, racking up a 64-29 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 39-12.
Meanwhile, Laurel came tearing into Tuesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.8 points), and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Trojans 69-33.
Elyria Catholic's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.0 points over those games. As for Laurel, their win bumped their record up to 11-13.
Elyria Catholic suffered a grim 82-62 defeat to Laurel in their previous meeting back in December of 2019. Can Elyria Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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