After flying high against Champion last Friday, McKinley came back down to earth. The McKinley Red Dragons fell 62-53 to the Jefferson Area Falcons on Tuesday. The Red Dragons have struggled against the Falcons recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
| 12/10/24 vs Jefferson Area | 22 |
| 01/23/24 vs Poland Seminary | 21 |
| 12/29/23 vs Edgewood | 18 |
| 01/16/24 @ Lakeview | 18 |
| 01/30/24 @ Struthers | 17 |
Loss or not, McKinley got some senior leadership from Avon Fryer and True Carey-Hardin. Fryer went 8 for 13 on his way to 22 points, while Carey-Hardin posted 14 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Fryer a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Doyle, who earned six points.
Having lost for the first time this season, McKinley fell to 2-1. As for Jefferson Area, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
McKinley will challenge Lakeview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Jefferson Area, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 54-22 victory against Conneaut on the 11th.
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