The Lakeside Dragons are taking a road trip to face off against the Garfield Heights Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Lakeside is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Chagrin Falls on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lakeside was beaten by Chagrin Falls 68-34. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 752nd, while the Tigers are ranked 293rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield Heights). They took their game on Thursday with ease, bagging a 93-55 victory over Maple Heights. The win was familiar territory for the Bulldogs, who have now won four contests in a row.
Garfield Heights' victory bumped their record up to 17-2. As for Lakeside, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-18.
Lakeside couldn't quite finish off Garfield Heights in their previous matchup back in December of 2019 and fell 51-49. Can Lakeside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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