The School of the Ozarks Patriots's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Chadwick Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on February 6th. School of the Ozarks will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings (they are ranked 237th, while the Cardinals are ranked 82nd).
Sheldon typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday School of the Ozarks proved too difficult a challenge. They snuck past the Panthers with a 48-42 victory.
Josiah Martin and Timba Saffle were among the main playmakers for School of the Ozarks as the former scored 13 points along with six rebounds and two steals and the latter scored 15 points along with three steals. Martin is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Fisher Thompson, who scored six points.
Meanwhile, after a string of 12 wins, Chadwick's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They received a tough blow as they fell 57-42 to Hartville. Chadwick has not had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
School of the Ozarks is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Chadwick, their loss ended a 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 16-3.
School of the Ozarks was taken down by the Cardinals 59-21 in their previous matchup back in February of 2023. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point School of the Ozarks was down 34-14.
