Steele is 2-8 against North Ridgeville since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Steele Comets will be playing at home against the North Ridgeville Rangers at 12:30 p.m. Steele 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 190th, while North Ridgeville is ranked 36th).
Last Wednesday, Steele was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 51-47 to Avon.
Meanwhile, North Ridgeville waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They skirted past Avon Lake 52-49. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win North Ridgeville has posted yet this season.
Steele bumped their record down to 7-6 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for North Ridgeville, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3.
Steele came up short against North Ridgeville when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 59-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Ridgeville's Grace Kingery, who dropped a double-double on 35 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Steele knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
