The Richmond Heights Spartans will face off against the Firestone Falcons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Firestone will be up against a hot Richmond Heights team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Richmond Heights blew past Orange, posting a 56-28 victory. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Lions are ranked 667th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Firestone got the win against North on Thursday by a conclusive 63-43. The Falcons pushed the score to 46-24 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Richmond Heights better keep an eye on Kennedy Whiting. She was instrumental in Firestone's win, putting up 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aliza Blair, who posted ten points.
Richmond Heights' win bumped their record up to 12-5. As for Firestone, their victory bumped their record up to 7-10.
Richmond Heights strolled past Firestone in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a score of 51-32. Will Richmond Heights repeat their success, or does Firestone have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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