Open Door Christian and Firelands are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. The Open Door Christian Patriots are taking a road trip to square off against the Firelands Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Open Door Christian will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 41) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Westside Christian Academy 36-34. The win was all the more spectacular given the Patriots' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 410th, while the Eagles are ranked 106th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Firelands). They blew past Black River 74-50 on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Falcons who have now won three games in a row.
Firelands' win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Open Door Christian, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Open Door Christian suffered a grim 73-49 defeat to Firelands when the teams last played back in January of 2020. Can Open Door Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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