The North Ridgeville Rangers will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the Hoover Vikings at 1:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Ridgeville has five straight victories, Hoover has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
North Ridgeville posted their closest win since December 20, 2023 on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Berea-Midpark and snuck past 48-45. Given North Ridgeville's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Berea-Midpark is ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 58-20, which was the final score in Hoover's tilt against Brecksville-Broadview Heights on Wednesday. Hoover was down 44-19 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
North Ridgeville is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Hoover, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last nine matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.
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