The Continental Pirates will venture away from home to face off against the Leipsic Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Continental is looking for their season's first win.
Continental is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Edgerton last Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Continental was outmatched by Edgerton and fell 55-16. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 723rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 257th).
Meanwhile, Leipsic ended up a good deal behind Fort Jennings on Saturday and lost 62-43. The game marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Leipsic and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Continental, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Continental couldn't quite finish off Leipsic when the teams last played back in January and fell 61-59. Can Continental avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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