The Whitmer Panthers and the Ross Little Giants will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Whitmer easily dispatched St. Ursula Academy on Monday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Whitmer fell just short of Northview by a score of 37-34 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Wildcats are ranked 79th).
Meanwhile, Ross earned a 36-26 win over Southview on Thursday.
Whitmer's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Ross, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.
Whitmer might still be hurting after the 76-52 defeat they got from Ross when the teams last played back in January. Can Whitmer avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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