The Waynedale Golden Bears will venture away from home to take on the Smithville Smithies at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Saturday, Waynedale came up short against Chippewa and fell 51-42. While losing is never fun, the Golden Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 345th, while the Chipps are ranked 141st).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Smithville's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took a 55-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Norwayne.
Waynedale's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Smithville, their loss dropped their record down to 17-3.
Waynedale came up short against Smithville in their previous meeting back in January, falling 39-30. Can Waynedale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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