Basketball Recap: Elmwood Drops Season-High Score on Ridgewood [Alwood/Cambridge]

Trojans

Team Score

12/28/24 vs Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	71
12/21/24 vs Galva	65
12/07/24 @ Delavan	65
11/29/24 vs Stark County	63
11/26/24 vs Putnam County	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elmwood). They came out on top against the Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] Spartans by a score of 71-59 on Saturday. That's more bragging rights for the Trojans, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

When it comes to explaining why Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] lost, don't look at Roy Sandberg. Despite the final result, he posted 24 points. That was a full 40.7% of Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]'s points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Zach Arrendondo, who scored 13 points.

Elmwood is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points per game. As for Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge], their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Elmwood will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on ROWVA/Williamsfield at 7:30 p.m. on January 10, 2025. As for Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge], they will head out to square off against Henry-Senachwine at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.